(RNS) — Though data is sparse, the church and Italian atheists agree that the 2-decade-old process is becoming more common. (RNS) — Like most of his fellow Italians, Mattia Nanetti, 25, from ...

Advocates for Italian clergy sex abuse victims launched a campaign Feb. 15, 2022, to demand an inquiry into abuse and cover-up in the Italian Catholic Church, lamenting the deference still showed ...

Rome, Italy, Apr 28, 2024 / 06:00 am. Across Italy there are houses of prayer run by the Ricostruttori (Reconstructors) community, a Catholic movement dedicated to people who are far from the ...

VATICAN CITY -- Italy's Catholic bishops provided their first accounting of clergy sexual abuse and revealed Thursday that more than 600 cases from Italy were on file at the Vatican since 2000.

Italy is frequently described in news reports as an overwhelmingly Catholic country. And some 80 percent of Italians identify as Christian, according to the latest data from the Pew Research Center.

A REPORT examining the number of cases of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Church in Italy uncovered at least 89 victims and 68 people accused of abuse during the past two years.