The Catholic Church in Portugal has committed to providing financial compensation to victims of child sexual abuse by its priests, a decision announced on April 11, as reported by Reuters.

The Pope's trip comes at a delicate moment for the Catholic Church in Portugal. An independent commission set up by the Portuguese Episcopal Conference to examine abuse in recent decades ...

I thank God for giving me this occasion to meet all of you here at the Shrine of Fatima, the spiritual heart of Portugal ... identified with the Church and sensitive to the complex transformations ...

Padre Nuno Coelho will be celebrating the Second Sunday of Lent in English this Sunday, March 16, at 4pm, in Carvoeiro.