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The Vatican is investigating about a dozen founders of congregations of consecrated or religious life, and the most common allegations involve abuse of power or conscience, financial corruption or problems associated with "affectivity," said a top official.

The Chinese government in Beijing again banned an annual candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre because the Communist Party "cannot tolerate the truth of its actions in 1989 being recognized anywhere," said the head of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong.

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, 67, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis.

Abuse against a minor is a kind of "psychological murder" that can destroy the victim's childhood, Pope Francis told an Italian association active in the fight against child abuse and online child pornography.

Teresa Pitt Green, who as a child was sexually abused by Catholic priests, said she is convinced "there's a lot more hope than people dare to feel."

A trio of survivors of sexual abuse are inviting the Catholic Church -- from parishioners in the pews to the bishops who lead dioceses -- to join them on their journey toward healing and reconciliation.

To help foster a wider discussion on work that still must be done to safeguard minors and vulnerable people in the Catholic Church, a canon law journal published a series of talks by experts regarding accountability, transparency and confidentiality in the handling of abuse allegations.

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and the Office of Child and Youth Protection invite you to the Bilingual Mass of Healing & Reconciliation for survivors...

After the Vatican released its extensive report on Theodore E. McCarrick, Pope Francis renewed the Catholic Church's pledge to uproot the scourge of sexual abuse.

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said the McCarrick Report findings mark "another tragic chapter in the church's long struggle to confront the crimes of sexual abuse by clergy."