When the U.S. bishops gather in plenary assembly in Baltimore two months from now, their immediate task will be putting in place a new system of episcopal accountability in dealing with sex abuse. Its elements […]
Washington D.C., Feb 24, 2019 / 02:14 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has promised “unyielding vigilance” and an intensification of the Dallas Charter following the Vatican summit […]
As the U.S. bishops gathered in Baltimore on the weekend of Nov. 10-11, it seemed certain that, after a day of prayer, penance, and reflection on the Church’s sexual abuse crisis, they would take two […]
The bishops, for the first time, frankly acknowledge that there is a general corrosion of moral culture within the ranks of the Church’s clerical and […]
Two alleged victims fault Galveston-Houston’s archbishop for not removing the priest from ministry sooner. […]
The former nuncio to the U.S. flatly denies assertions that he ordered a stop to an investigation of then-Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and […]
It has become a synonym for “institution-harming controversy” or “bad public relations,” which are to be avoided at all costs. […]
Clerical elitism did not cause sex abuse, nor did sex abuse cause clerical elitism, but the link between the two things is certainly very real. […]
“We need to investigate how this happened,” says the bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. “And, if people knew about McCarrick’s behavior and […]
“One way or the other, we are determined to find the truth in this matter,” says the president of the USCCB. […]
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