Catholic church

CRIME

‘Now or never’: Victims of Italy’s predator priests push for abuse inquiry

At least 3,000 paedophiles active in French church since 1950: report

Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report.

RELIGION

Pope rejects German bishop’s offer to quit over abuse scandal

CRIME

Over 300 victims ‘sexually abused through Germany’s top diocese’ in Cologne

CATHOLIC CHURCH

German bishop resigns over Catholic church’s ‘failure’ in abuse scandal

RELIGION

Tensions mount in German Catholic Church over abuse report

RELIGION

Former Pope Benedict makes first trip to native Germany in a decade

RELIGION

‘We will continue to fight’: German church abuse victims say payouts not enough

CRIME

Pope orders probe of German archdiocese over child sex abuse

ITALY

‘Bad omen’: Dismay in Italy as blood of Naples saint fails to liquefy

RELIGION

German Catholic Church to pay abuse victims up to €50,000

RELIGION

Germany’s embattled Catholic Church elects reformist leader