Editing Communion and Liberation (section)

==Controversies==
===Corruption===
Members of Communion and Liberation in positions of power in Italy have faced criticism for allegedly surrounding themselves with persons affiliated with Communion and Liberation or sympathizers, thus excluding individuals of different or opposing social, political, or religious views.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ilfoglio.it/granmilano/2018/01/21/news/comunione-e-liberazione-piccola-mappa-della-diaspora-del-fu-potere-celeste-173678/|title=Tutti i ciellini del presidente. Piccola Mappa Della diaspora del fu potere Celeste|access-date=2018-08-09|language=it}}</ref> Carrón responded to these widespread moral charges in an interview with the Italian newspaper ''[[La Repubblica|Repubblica]],'' in 2012. "It is a burning disappointment. The ideals of Communion and Liberation movement are far from the corruption surfacing in the Mafia Capitale investigations. And seeing that among those being investigated are people of the movement is cause of profound sadness for us."<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-06-11|title=Julian Carron: "Un'enorme delusione ma Cl è agli antipodi"|language=it|work=Repubblica.it|url=http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2015/06/11/news/julian_carron_un_enorme_delusione_ma_cl_e_agli_antipodi_-116584997/|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref> In December 2016, [[Roberto Formigoni]], former governor of [[Lombardy]] and former unofficial Communion and Liberation political spokesperson, was sentenced to six years in prison for bribery and corruption after four years of investigations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2016/12/22/ex-lombardy-governor-formigoni-gets-six-year-jail-term-2_10370b1e-ca85-4c3c-97a6-836d2679e0ee.html|title=Ex Lombardy governor gets six years for corruption - English|date=2016-12-22|work=ANSA.it|access-date=2018-08-09|language=en}}</ref> In 2012, when Formigoni resigned as governor due to scandals, Carrón released an interview in which he stated, "There may have been people who used CL in a certain way ... we don't intervene in the documents or acts of those with political responsibilities. There are no CL candidates, there are no CL politicians. The sooner this is made clear, the better."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2012/05/02/vaticaninsider/caso-formigoni-carrn-chiede-perdono-5K1TYRRYtKh0rqqecl4BJK/pagina.html|title=Caso Formigoni, Carrón chiede perdono|work=LaStampa.it|access-date=2018-08-09|language=it-IT}}</ref>

=== Sexual abuse ===
In 2016, Italian priest Mauro Inzoli, formerly of Communion and Liberation, was convicted of sexual abuse against five boys.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/pope-francis-defrocks-italian-priest-convicted-child-sex-abuse|title=Pope Francis defrocks Italian priest convicted of child sex abuse|date=2017-06-28|work=National Catholic Reporter|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en}}</ref> Inzoli had been removed from the priesthood in 2012 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]], but in 2014, he was reinstated by [[Pope Francis]].<ref name=":2" /> This reinstatement was reversed following the 2016 conviction, and Inzoli has been permanently out of ministry since 2017.<ref name=":2" />

On 31 October 2023, officials of CL's US branch announced they had confirmed multiple cases of sexual abuse between 1997 and 2018 on the part of Christopher Bacich, who led the US branch from 2007 to 2013. CL first learned of complaints about Bacich in 2018. He has denied any fault and resigned from the movement.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 8 November 2023 | work = National Catholic Reporter | date = 6 November 2023 | url = https://www.ncronline.org/news/abuse-allegations-against-communion-and-liberation-leader-deemed-credible | title = Abuse allegations against Communion and Liberation leader deemed credible |first = Gina | last = Christian | agency = OSV News }}</ref>