At the request of the Vatican, the U.S. bishops postponed a vote on a set of proposals aimed at holding themselves accountable over sexual abuse.

It begins with listening, understanding, offering responses showing that they, the victim-survivors, are believed, she said.

The U.S. Catholic bishops voted to accept the first pastoral letter against racism in almost 40 years.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” we devote the entire show to recent developments in the sexual abuse crisis.

A group that has been advising the U.S. bishops for 50 years on multiple issues chose to speak to the bishops in Baltimore Nov. 13 on just one issue: the clergy sexual abuse crisis itself and ways to move forward from it.

The U.S. bishops, who gathered for a time of prayer at the start of their annual fall meeting in Baltimore, were urged by Catholic women church leaders Nov. 12 to be courageous and work with each other and the laity to move forward from this moment when the church is reeling from abuse allegations.