She was one of those investigative journalists who intensively reported on abuse scandals in the Catholic Church and also caused Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost because of the now dissolved Peruvian society Sodalitium Christianae Vitae. Now Prevost, who has now been named Pope Leo XIV, received the Peruvian journalist Paola Ugaz Cruz.
The editor-in-chief of the TV channel Nativa TV defended the Pontifex against the accusation of having abuse cases in Peru. For the last conclave, some media had speculated that Prevost, which was one of the “Papabili”, could have treated the cases of abuse during his pastoral activity in Peru. The two reveal that Ugaz Cruz and Pedro Salinas competed to defend Prevost. According to their own statements, the two journalists received support from Prevost in their research, which ultimately led to the dissolution of the organization.
Pope Leo XIV poses with Peruvian journalist Paola Ugaz Cruz for the cameras:
A gift for the pope
Ugaz Cruz gave the Pope an Alpaca Wool scarf during the meeting on Monday, which came from the Andes and was made by a community of Peruvian women.
In July and August 2023, a church law investigation had serious abuse of power and sexualized violence within the community of Peru, which was briefly called Sodalicio in Latin America. In September 2024, ten members were released from Sodalicio on behalf of the then Pope Franciscus. A month earlier, the Vatican had officially excluded the founder Luis Fernando Figari from the community after accusations of sexual abuse. The group was eventually resolved in April.
Source: Krone
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