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.

It is time for us to understand how this keeps happening and to stop it. We women are being called to shake things up.

The statement contradicts Archbishop Viganò’s account of his meeting with the pope, in which he said Francis had never reproached him for organizing the meeting with Ms. Davis.

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.”

Danny was in eighth grade when he was abused by a priest. His life was never the same again.

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.