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Catherine Marciano

AFP journalist in the Vatican and Italy.

Popo Francis was elected in 2013 and vowed to take a “zero tolerance” approach to clerical sex abuse. (Max Rossi/Reuters)
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Signal summit on sex abuse opens at Vatican

The idea is that the 114 heads of bishops’ conferences will return home with clear ideas on how to spot and deal with abuse

  • Catherine Marciano
3 min read
Germany’s Catholic church apologised last month to thousands of victims of sexual assault by clergy, with Marx insisting that perpetrators must be brought to justice.
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Catholic church split over abuse scandal gravity

The Vatican has already warned that in some countries the church is dragging its feet because of cultural difference over what constitutes child abuse

  • Catherine Marciano
  • Ella Ide
3 min read
In Madagascar, Pope Francis invoked the principle of fihavanana; ‘the spirit of sharing, mutual help and solidarity … the importance of family, friendship and goodwill between people and with nature’. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)
CATHERINE MARCIANO

Pope ‘begs for God’s forgiveness’ for sexual abuse scandal

In front of 45 000 supporters in the west of Ireland, the pope spoke of the ‘open wound’ of the Church’s sexual abuse scandal

  • Joseph Stenson
  • Catherine Marciano
5 min read
Pope Francis’ visit to Mozambique from September 4 to 6 comes at a critical political moment. (Reuters/Max Rossi)
CATHERINE MARCIANO

Pressure mounts on pope for tougher action on abuse scandals

The pope has admitted that the Church had ‘delayed’ in applying the necessary sanctions

  • Catherine Marciano
4 min read
TRIPOLI

Blair offers ‘hand of partnership’ to Gadaffi

Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair offered a ”hand of partnership” to Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadaffi in Tripoli on Thursday in a changing post-September 11 world, after a…

  • Catherine Marciano
4 min read