Mundelein
US bishops to hold retreat on abuse crisis
Pope Francis’s personal preacher will lead a retreat for American bishops early next year, to reflect on the clerical abuse crisis. Fr Raniero Cantalamessa will be director of the retreat at the University of St Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois, which houses the primary seminary for the Archdiocese of Chicago, from January 2-8. The Pope suggested the retreat for the bishops to consider prayerfully their response to the ongoing crisis in the American Church. The news comes as the attorney general of the District of Columbia launches an investigation into abuse in the Archdiocese of Washington – an archdiocese currently led by Cardinal Donald Wuerl. DC joins 13 states holding similar investigations.
