More committees are not the answer to stop the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by clergy, said an Aug. 28 statement by the National Review Board, which is charged with addressing clerical sexual misconduct in the Catholic Church.

Sources close to the pope said that “he has no intention of resigning.”

On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. America editor John LaFarge, S.J., was there.

To achieve true reform, Pope Francis must give this crisis his full focus and lead the church in caring for those who are hurting the most.

Rejection of the church is rooted in (among other things) a fundamental misunderstanding of what the church has actually taught.

Bishop Patrick J. McGrath acknowledged he "erred in judgment" and said he plans to live in a rectory at one of the diocese's parishes, instead of the nearly 3,300-square-foot home planned originally.