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The Catholic Herald

Pennsylvania clergy sex abuse report still not released

Persons named in the document are still reportedly challenging its release
Rhina Guidos

Church offers to mediate Zimbabwe election crisis

The country's bishops' conference offered to help end the violence following a disputed election
Bronwen Dachs

Bishop McKnight condemns ‘the silence of so many bishops’ who knew about McCarrick

The Bishop of Jefferson City called for a 'change of culture among the clergy'
Staff Reporter

Trial postponed for priest accused of embezzling more than $5 million

The postponement came after the priest's attorney withdrew
Rhina Guidos

Pittsburgh diocese to release names of accused priests

The bishop announced the decision in a pastoral letter read out at Sunday Mass across the diocese
Catholic News Service

Second bishop backs laity-led investigation into US Church

'We have reached a point where bishops alone investigating bishops is not the answer,' the Bishop of Albany said
Staff Reporter

The Bishop of Harrisburg was right to publish the names of clergy accused of abuse

All dioceses should follow Bishop Gainer's lead
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Varadkar: I'll push Pope on accepting same-sex families

Irish ministers are stepping their criticisms of Church teaching ahead of the World Meeting of Families
Staff Reporter

The Catechism and the death penalty: are Catholics right to be worried?

This wouldn't be the first time a pope has been in tension with Catholic teaching
Dan Hitchens