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- In Mountain State, A Fresh Scandal – Pope Bumps WV Prelate Over Harassment Claims
  
  As the leadership of the US bishops entered the Papal Apartment for their first crisis talks with the Pope, the storm of these weeks broke out on yet another front: at Roman Noon this Thursday, the...
- Another Day, Another Watershed – Pope Calls "Synod" on Abuse
  
  Lest anyone missed the message earlier, again, welcome to Crunch Time... and right on cue, yet another game-changing development has dropped. Ostensibly driven by the Pope's "Gang of Nine"...
- Seeking Capital's "New Beginning," The Cardinal Eyes His Exit
  
  For more than three decades, he's been squarely in medias res – first a John Paul II "teaching bishop," then Benedict XVI's first top US appointee and, finally, "something more...
- All of a sudden, Church, it's Crunch Time again – ten weeks in, with no end in sight, the sprint's become a marathon, so hopefully you've begun to grasp why the need for pacing is in order. Lest...
- Finally – After Two Month Wait, US Bench Gets "Summit" with Francis
  
  (Updated 7pm ET with further developments.) Around 8.30pm Rome time this Tuesday, the Holy See Press Office released the following statement to the accredited outlets: This Thursday, 13 September...
- Amid "Our Disillusionment and Outrage... As Leaders of The Church, It Is Time For Us To Repent"
  
  For a brief, stunning moment, everything felt different. A month ago this week – much as it already seems like a year – as the white-hot reaction to the Pennsylvania grand-jury report bore down, the...
- In the Northeast, The "Dragnet" Spreads
  
  While prosecutors in several states have moved toward new investigations of abuse and its cover-up in the wake of last month's Pennsylvania grand jury report, Thursday brought not only the most...

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- New Orleans 'Hope Monstrance' to visit U.S. communities hit by disasters
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy LÕOsservatore Roman By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (CNS) -- When the levees broke in 2005 and Lakeview became Lake Pontchartrain, Katrina launched its mad-scientist...
- Virgin Islands diocese still recovering from 2017 double hurricanes
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of St By Laura Ann Phillips PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CNS) -- One year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria smashed through the Virgin Islands, people remain jittery about...
- Bishop takes a (sky) dive to get pilgrims to Lourdes
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo courtesy of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton By HOVE, England (CNS) -- "The Moth has landed," tweeted the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. The tweet Sept. 14 and a...
- Pope prays for young people, their diligence and courage
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As he often does with a group made up of people of different faiths or no faith, Pope Francis gave young people in Palermo a special...
- Pope, in Sicily, honors priest martyred by Mafia
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By PALERMO, Sicily (CNS) -- Honoring a priest shot at point-blank range by the Mafia, Pope Francis insisted that true happiness and a real change in Sicilian society will...
- Packers fan with months to live sees game with aid from hospice, diocese
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass By Sam Lucero ALLOUEZ, Wis. (CNS) -- When David Marosek, who had been battling stage 4 rectal cancer since July 2016, got the news in April his cancer had...
- Update: To Europe's periphery: Pope to visit Baltic nations in late September
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will travel to the eastern periphery of Europe to honor a faith that withstood a Nazi invasion and five decades of...
National Catholic Register
- Seek Service, Reject Selfishness
  
  By Jimmy Akin | Sunday, Sept. 23, is the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B). Mass Readings: Wisdom 2:12, 17-20, Psalm 54:3-6, 8, James 3:16-4:3, Mark 9:30-37. By God’s design, human beings...
- Spiritual Paternity, Anger, Lying and Vulnerable Adults
  
  By Fr. Roger Landry | In the last two weeks, there have been ongoing developments in the clergy scandals that erupted with the revelation of the sexual abuse committed by former Cardinal Theodore...
- 3 Questions About “Unbroken: Path to Redemption”
  
  By Kathy Schiffer | Louis Zamperini was a man of accomplishment: He was an athlete. Zamperini competed in the 5,000-meter race in the 1936 Berlin Olympics – attracting the attention of Adolf Hitler...
- There’s Only One Way Out from Here
  
  By Matthew Archbold | The Church in America is in crisis. The lowest of lows. But I believe it's going to get worse. A lot, lot, lot, lot worse. We just had the Pennsylvania attorney general's report...
- Catholics Accept All of the Church's Dogmatic Teaching
  
  By Dave Armstrong | We call these doctrines that all Catholics must accept de fide dogmas (or in some cases, ex cathedra). In a nutshell, though there are fine (sometimes very fine) distinctions that...
- Chilean Priest Guilty of Abuse Dismissed From Clerical State
  
  By ACI Prensa | SANTIAGO, Chile — Pope Francis has decreed, without recourse to appeal, the dismissal from the clerical state of Cristián Precht Bañados, who was found guilty of abuse...
- Pope Francis Boosts Authority of the Synod of Bishops
  
  By Edward Pentin | Pope Francis has increased the authority of the Synod of Bishops, making it similar though not identical to a legislative parliamentary body that aims to strengthen the involvement...
News from the Vatican
- A closer look at the Vatican’s would-be whistleblower
  
  Archbishop Carlo Maria Vignao, the former Vatican ambassador to the United States who has accused Pope Francis of covering up for ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and called for his resignation, has a...
- Peruvian prelate suing journalist for defamation meets pope
  
  A Peruvian archbishop currently embroiled in a legal battle against a journalist who published a book revealing scandals surrounding the founder of his community, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican...
- Pope Francis says sex isn’t taboo but a gift from God
  
  Pope Francis said Monday that, "Sexuality, sex, is a gift of God. Not taboo."
- Despite criticism, pope largely confirms current synod process
  
  Despite objections from some conservative critics of the process for the Synod of Bishops in 2014
- If there were secret sanctions on McCarrick, it wouldn’t be a first
  
  We don't know if there were secret restrictions on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick under Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, but if there were, it wouldn't be the first time.