A summary of the big stories from the first day of the Papal Visit
Topic: clerical abuse crisis
Pope: Church has not been vigilant enough on child abuse
Posted on Thursday, 16 September 2010
Benedict XVI addressed the abuse crisis on the papal plane
Cardinal is taped asking abuse victim to keep quiet
Posted on Wednesday, 1 September 2010
A spokesman for Cardinal Danneels says his remarks have been taken out of context
Book investigates Benedict XVI’s battle against clerical abuse
Posted on Monday, 23 August 2010
Gregory Erlandson and Matthew Bunson say Pope has confronted crisis directly
Pope refuses to accept resignation of two Irish bishops
Posted on Thursday, 12 August 2010
Auxiliary Bishops Raymond Field and Eamonn Walsh offered to resign last December
Vatican issues revised abuse norms
Posted on Friday, 16 July 2010
Mgr Charles Scicluna presents revisions to the media
Geoffrey Robertson’s case is based on caricature and ignorance
His talk last night could have been delivered in an academic and reasonable way. Instead it felt like The Pope on Trial: The Musical