US EditionCardinals face litmus test on abuse ahead of conclave
- Cardinals prepare for the 2025 conclave amid controversy over Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani’s participation despite abuse allegations and sanctions.
- Pope Francis imposed restrictions on Cipriani's ministry in December 2019 following allegations of sexual abuse of a minor, but Cipriani has repeatedly disobeyed these sanctions.
- Cipriani, banned from voting due to age and sanctions, recently attended Vatican congregations wearing cardinal insignia, raising concerns among victims, activists, and some cardinals.
- The Vatican constitution Universi Dominici Gregis allows cardinal electors to handle urgent participation issues collectively, with point six stating the College may act by majority opinion.
- The cardinals face a critical test of addressing clerical abuse as Cipriani’s presence challenges their response standards, while other sanctioned cardinals, like Angelo Becciu, have been excluded from the conclave.
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New controversy in the Vatican: Cardinal Cipriani, punished after being accused of abuse, participates in the acts prior to the conclave
The exarzobishop of Lima was sanctioned in 2019 by the Pope, who prohibited the use of cardinal symbols, but is in Rome dressed in his habits. The Holy See eludes to clarify whether it will take action
Cardinals face litmus test on abuse ahead of conclave
ROME – As the world’s most exclusive club prepares to elect the new pope, they face an immediate test of just how seriously they will take the issue of clerical sexual abuse in the case of a Peruvian cardinal who is participating pre-conclave meetings despite allegations against him. Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, 81, is not eligible to vote in a conclave due to his age, but in 2019 was subject to restrictions on his ministry imposed by P…
Cardinal accused of sex abuse challenges late pope’s sanction
As Pope Francis’s body lay in state in the Vatican last week, one of the mourners — with eyes downcast and hands clasped — was a disgraced cardinal from Peru. Juan Luis Cipriani, once the most influential religious figure in Peru as the former archbishop of Lima, stood at the side of the Argentine pontiff’s coffin in St. Peter’s Basilica. He wore a black cassock, red sash and skullcap and a pectoral cross — the vestments that Francis himself for…
The uncomfortable presence in the conclave of Cardinal Cipriani The Peruvian ultraconservator was sanctioned by Francis after being involved in a case of sexual abuse
The prelude of the Vatican conclave to elect a new Pope faces another scandal. Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, who was sanctioned by ...
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