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breath - my life. Today, trembling, I elevate You in a mystery
of love. With You let me be for the world the way, the truth,
the life and for You a holy priest, a perfect victim." Padre
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"In
the past two years your Congregation (CDF) has witnessed a considerable
increase in the number of disciplinary cases referred to it because
of the competence the Dicastery possesses in ratione materiae on delicta
graviora, including the delicta contra mores. The body
of canonical norms that your Dicastery is called to apply with justice
and equity strives to guarantee both the exercise of the right of
defence of the accused and the demands of the
common good. Once the offence has been proven, it is necessary in
each case to assess carefully both the just principle
of proportionality between
fault and punishment, as well as the predominant need to protect
the entire People of God."
Pope
John Paul II Address
to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Feb. 6, 2004.
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Pope’s preacher calls for sex abuse penance, Dec. 15, 2006, Associate Press.
Father Cantalamessa on the Priesthood, Oct. 27, 2006, Zenit.
John Jay College Chosen for Major Sex-Abuse Study, Nov. 16, 2005, Zenit.
An 11th-Century Scandal, June 6, 2005, America Magazine.
AG's tally of abuse outpaces church's, Feb 23, 2005, Machester, NH.
Post Crisis Morale Among Priests, Sep. 13, 2004, America Magazine.
Our bishops have abandoned
us, May 2004, Homiletic & Pastoral Review.
Vatican
seminar questions "zero tolerance" on abuse, Feb. 23,
2004Catholic World News.
Press
accounts of abuse miss half the story, Feb. 20, 2004,
National Catholic Report.
Priests' rights,
policy at odds, Mar. 29, 2004, Chicago Tribune.
What of the innocent
priests?, Feb. 11, 2004, National Catholic Reporter.
SEXUAL
ABUSE IN SOCIAL CONTEXT: CATHOLIC CLERGY AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS ,
Special Report by Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights,
Feb. 2004.
Los
Angeles Archdiocese Names Those Accused of Abuse Since 1930,
Feb. 18, 2004, New York Times.
Review
board report cites unfit priests, negligent bishops for abuse crisis,
Feb. 27, 2004, National Catholic Reporter.
Press accounts
of abuse miss half the story, Feb. 20, 2004, National Catholic
Reporter.
After the Earthquake, Jan.
5, 2004, America Magazine.
The Elephant in the Sacristy
Media
Exaggerated U.S. Scandals, Says Cardinal Sodano
Australian
prelate concerned by attack on confessional seal
Audit
of U.S. Diocesan Policies to Begin
Child Protection Programs to
Take Effect Next School Year
Scientific Meeting
on Pedophilia Concludes in Vatican
Swiss Bishops OK Norms to Deal
with Sexual Abuse
French Abuse Case Raised Fears
about Professional Secrecy
"Zero Tolerance" Policy
is Ambiguous, says Chilean Cardinal
U.S. Crisis Linked to Lack
of Formation in the Faith: Harvard's Mary Ann Glendon Points to Roots
of Problems
Archbishop Pell: A Case Study
in False Accusations
When 'Zero Tolerance' Becomes 'Zero
Due Process'
Zero Tolerance Turmoil: Dioceses' Mixed Results
Decision in Dallas... But Rome's Approval of New
Norms is Not Certain
Father Groeschel on the Scandals: Where to Go
From Here
From the Vatican
"BLESSED ARE YOU WHO WEEP NOW!", Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, Vatican, December 15, 2006.
Church's
Structure is not Political, says John Paul II, Vatican, Jan.
19, 2004.
Pope
urges bishops to be just, merciful on sex abuse questions
Cardinal
Stafford on the Church's Crisis
Cardinal
Ratzinger Sees "Weakness of Faith" Behind the Crisis
John Paul II Warns Against "Bureaucratization" of
Church
Lessons of Vatican's Approval of U.S. Norms
Against Abuse - Interview with Secretary of Congregation for Bishops
Vatican OKs U.S. Bishops' Revised Norms
on Abuse of Minors. Aims to Guarantee Inviolable Rights of Victims
and Accused
John Paul II Reminds Bishops that they should
Promote Episcopate's Communion with Pope
Pope Highlights 2 Key Priorities for Today's
Bishops: Nourish Flock's Desire for Holiness, and Help Priests in
Difficulty
Pope Urges Support for Families as a Hedge
Against Pedophilia
Be Holy and Faithful to Rome, Pope Tells
Seminarians and Priests
Response of President of U.S. Bishops' Conference
to Cardinal Re's Letter
Cardinal Re's Letter to President of US
Episcopal Conference
Charter for the Protection of Children and
Young People
Pope to Church: Risky Seminarians Must Go
Unfurl your sails to the Spirit's
breath: Pope John Paul II speaks on priestly formation
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