Third Synodal Assembly News Today

Georg Baetzing, Bishop of Limburg and President of the Synodal Way and Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, speaks during a press conference at the

Sexual abuse has cast a long shadow over the German Catholic Church and now it is overshadowing the third Synodal Assembly, whose 230 lay and religious delegates are being called to deliver immediate and tangible results,

Former Pope Benedict XVI has apologized for giving false testimony during a child sexual abuse probe. For many Catholics, the statement isn't enough; they are bitterly disappointed and demand an admission of guilt.