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Six sex abuse survivors announce lawsuit against U.S. bishops, urge bishops to 'come clean'

November 15, 2018

BALTIMORE – As the U.S. bishops entered the last public part of their 2018 fall general assembly, centered largely on the clergy sex abuse crisis, six clergy sex abuse survivors announced Nov. 14 a lawsuit against the prelates' main organization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

U.S. bishops' must prioritize response to sex abuse over other issues, advisers say

November 14, 2018

BALTIMORE – 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.

Archbishop Vigano urges U.S. bishops to act as 'courageous shepherds'

November 13, 2018

VATICAN – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò sent Tuesday a message to the bishops of the United States, who are holding a plenary assembly, encouraging them to act as courageous shepherds in the face of the sex abuse crisis.

Decentralization, simplification heart reform in Roman Curia, official says

November 13, 2018

ROME – Pope Francis' call for a missionary church that is focused on preaching the Gospel will be the guiding principle of the apostolic constitution that will govern the Roman Curia, the secretary of the Pope's international Council of Cardinals said.

Clerical sex abuse survivors address rejection, pain at U.S. bishops' meeting

November 13, 2018

BALTIMORE – Luis A. Torres Jr. stood before a group of U.S. bishops during one of the most publicly watched of their fall annual meetings Nov. 12 in Baltimore and in doing so revealed to the world the reality that he has lived with since childhood: that he was abused by a priest.

Catholics protest outside U.S. bishops' meeting in Baltimore, call for change

November 13, 2018

BALTIMORE – As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened a Day of Prayer at the Fall Bishops General Assembly Nov. 12, John McKeon was the first to walk a path along Aliceanna Street outside the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, just after 9 a.m.

Vatican delays U.S. bishops' vote on abuse crisis reform

November 13, 2018

BALTIMORE – A Vatican-requested delay in adopting practices that are expected to boost accountability among U.S. bishops in their response to clergy sex abuse is a "bump in the road," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Papal nuncio urges U.S. bishops to restore trust, lead reform amid abuse crisis

November 12, 2018

BALTIMORE – At the start of the annual fall meeting of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore, Archbishop Christophe Pierre encouraged the U.S. bishops to work hard together to restore trust and bring about church reform amid the current crisis in the church.

Increase in suicide among Caribbean youth trouble counselors

November 12, 2018

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Local counselors are concerned about a growing tendency among adolescents and young adults to choose suicide or self-harm and the limited scope of ministry available in local Catholic parishes for suicide prevention or family healing.

Global poverty rates are falling, but it's not all good news, reports say

November 12, 2018

Over a 25-year span from 1990 to 2015 there has been a massive reduction in global poverty.