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Reason · Sep 28

Pope Leo calls assisted dying ‘false compassion’ during visit to shrine known for miraculous cures

Leo had urged his home state to strike down a law allowing assisted dying before it took effect

The Independent UK · Sep 27

Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France

Pontiff also uses visit to Catholic shrine at Lourdes to criticise assisted dying as ‘false compassion’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Nuns vs the Vatican: documentary alleges sexual abuse and misconduct in the Catholic church

A new film, premiering at the Toronto film festival, follows women who claim to have been abused by a former Jesuit priest

The Guardian - US · Sep 9, 2025

Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he's got plenty of homework

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2025

Pope meets with child protection advisory board amid survivor calls for zero tolerance on abuse

Pope Leo XIV has met with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission for the first time amid questions about his past handling of abuse and demands from survivors that he enact a true zero tolerance for abuse policy across the Catholic Church

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025

Pope Francis leaves mixed legacy on role of women in Catholic church

He made strides in boosting female workforce in Vatican but also insisted women could never become priests

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025

Clerical Sex Abuse: Pope Francis's Thorniest Challenge

When Pope Francis took over in 2013, the Catholic Church was embroiled in a global scandal over child sex abuse by priests, and the institution's attempts to cover it up.

International Business Times · Apr 21, 2025

World-renowned church covers up artworks by priest accused of abuse

The mosaics will no longer be visible at one of the world’s most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

Jesuits make broad offer of reparations to women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist

Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is making a broad gesture of reparations to some 20 women who say they were sexually, psychologically and spiritually abused by a famous ex-Jesuit artist

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025