He made his first public comments about clergy sex abuse in a written message to a Peruvian journalist who covered a case of ...

"It is urgent that there take root throughout the church a culture of prevention that does not tolerate any form of abuse: of ...

Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse, and called for 'transparent ...

In one case, Pope Leo XIV — then known as Bishop Robert Prevost — sided with victims of sexual abuse, locking horns with ...

As a bishop in Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s handling of two abuse cases was a study in contrasts, siding strongly with victims in one ...

On Inside the Vatican, we explore Pope Leo’s persistent calls for peace and his unexpected support for journalist Paola Ugaz, ...

After Pope Francis brought him to the Vatican in 2023, Prevost helped dismantle the group entirely by overseeing the resignation of a powerful Sodalitium bishop. The Sodalitium was officially ...

For this, we need journalists.” Leo is well aware of the Sodalitium scandal, since he spent two decades as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru, where the group was founded in 1971.

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse -- sexual, spiritual or abuse of au ...