The board wants to close a loophole in church policy that critics say fails to hold bishops accountable when it comes to sexual abuse allegations.
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Archbishop Chaput to pope: Cancel youth synod, meet about bishops
Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is asking Pope Francis to call off the Synod of Bishops on young people this October to focus instead on the life of the bishops.
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Catholic diocese in Nebraska rocked by old abuse allegations
As a new wave of abuse scandals rock the Roman Catholic church, critics say the Diocese of Lincoln is now paying the price for its unwillingness to change and lack of transparency.
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Former nuncio now says sanctions against McCarrick were ‘private’
Archbishop Vigano now says Pope Benedict made the sanctions private, perhaps “due to the fact that [Archbishop McCarrick] was already retired, maybe due to the fact that [Pope Benedict] was thinking he was ready to obey.”
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Catholic nuns in the forefront of relief work for flooded Kerala
More than 6,700 Catholic women religious are among those helping more than 1 million people taking shelter in relief camps after unprecedented floods ravaged Kerala state in southwest India.
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After 50 years, draft board protesters insist what they did was right
Fifty years ago in an act of civil disobedience, Bob Graf and 13 of his friends broke into nine neighboring draft boards in a Milwaukee office building, grabbed thousands of 1-A records of men about to be called up, doused them in homemade napalm in a nearby park and set them afire.
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Ross Douthat and Father Matt Malone discuss McCarrick, Viganò and the crisis of sexual abuse
Father Malone interviewed Mr. Douthat about what was needed from the Vatican and how Catholics can maintain their faith in light of all the news about abuse in the church this summer.
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Dallas bishop asks pope to convene synod on clergy sex abuse
Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns has asked Pope Francis for an extraordinary synod to address issues in the latest Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis, including “abuse of power, clericalism, accountability and the understanding of transparency in the church.”
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Update: Australian bishops, religious say seal of confession is sacred
Australia’s Catholic bishops and religious orders, responding to recommendations from the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, accepted 98 percent of its suggestions, but said they could not accept recommendations that would violate the seal of confession.
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Cardinal Wuerl’s letter to priests expresses ‘anguish’ for suffering
Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl asked the priests in his archdiocese to accept his “contrition for any suffering I have caused, as well as the grace to find, with you, ways of healing, ways of offering fruitful guidance in this darkness.”