Mar 20th, 2010 · Pope Benedict XVI rebuked Irish bishops Saturday for "grave errors of judgment" in handling clerical sex abuse and ordered a Vatican investigation into the Irish church to wipe out the scourge.
Mar 17th, 2010 · In Germany, Catholic lay activists and others are urging Pope Benedict XVI to do more about the growing sexual abuse scandal involving priests in his native Germany. Several hundred cases of alleged abuse have recently emerged, and some German Catholics are demanding reform.
Mar 16th, 2010 · The Vatican is responding strongly to accusations that Pope Benedict XVI tried to cover up the sexual abuse of children by priests. The charges stem from abuse cases in Germany when the pope was the archbishop of Munich. John Allen, senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, says prior to these revelations, the pope had been credited with his handling of sex-abuse claims in the Catholic Church.
Mar 10th, 2010 · Church authorities have launched two major investigations of sexual or physical abuse. One investigation centers on a renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother, while the other involves a more general look into what everyone — including the pope — knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.
Feb 18th, 2010 · Last weekend, Pope Benedict XVI took 24 Irish bishops to task for the sex abuse crisis in Ireland, calling the scandal a "heinous crime." But some U.S. victims want more action and fewer words.
Feb 16th, 2010 · Pope Benedict XVI scolded Irish bishops at the end of a two-day Vatican summit called to discuss the decades of clerical sex abuse on minors in Ireland. Despite his condemnation of the abuse, the pope did not address victims' demands for the resignations of some bishops.
Jan 15th, 2010 · Pope Benedict XVI will visit Rome's main synagogue Sunday. Recent moves by the pope have upset Jewish-Catholic relations, including the rehabilitation of a Holocaust-denying bishop and Pope Benedict's decision to put his wartime predecessor, Pope Pius XII, on the track to sainthood.
Dec 25th, 2009 · Pope Benedict XVI delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine hours after being knocked down by a woman who jumped the barrier at the start of Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. The Vatican said he was unhurt in the fall and that his busy Christmas schedule would remain unchanged.