The best essays in 'The God Beat' are quietly reflective, deeply informed, subjective but not solipsistic.

Pope Francis has appointed Andrew Small, O.M.I., a 53-year-old English priest, as the secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

“The fundamental reality of children dying at these boarding schools is not a new story.”

On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell walk through the changes to canon law on sexual abuse, women’s ordination, and financial mismanagement.

The latest revisions to Catholic Church law all point to significant gaps in the church’s law, requiring swift action from a canonical perspective.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx’s offer to resign as archbishop of Munich and Freising hit the church in Germany and Rome like an earthquake. And while survivors welcomed the move, not everyone agrees with the cardinal’s analysis of the abuse crisis.