Church leaders were warned not to blame the outside world for the Church’s abuse crisis and that “the enemy is within.”

Pope Francis opened a keenly anticipated summit on the clerical abuse scandals on Thursday by saying the People of God want "concrete and effective measures," not just "simple...

Catholics should speak up when things go wrong in the Church, but theirs must be constructive criticism delivered with love, Pope Francis said, otherwise the devil is at work.

Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Australia says abuse summit's action items will be the gauge of its success.

The Major Superiors of Religious Orders and Congregations around the world have issued a statement calling the abuse of children “wrong anywhere and anytime.”