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Vatican expresses 'shame and sorrow' at Pennsylvania report

The Holy See called for accountability for abusers and leaders who covered up their crimes

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/08/18

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Would a mass resignation of bishops hurt the US Church? Quite the opposite

Policies have slowly improved. But as a matter of justice, individual prelates should admit wrongdoing and step down

How the Church's 'harsh beauty' shaped two rock stars

No matter how hard they try, Sting and 'the Boss' can't seem to leave the faith behind

The abuse crisis casts doubt on the whole post-Vatican II settlement

Since 1968, Church leaders have tried to preserve a fragile truce. But repeated compromises have fostered a culture of deceit

Matthew Schmitz

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online ‘call off the world meeting of families’ robert royal, writing at the catholic thing, said the church ough...

Polling: Testament of youth

italians – especially millennials – are becoming more sceptical of the pope pope francis spent much of this past weekend entertaining young ...

Christopher R. Altieri

Fr Raymond J de Souza: The erased encyclical

last week, on the 25th anniversary of veritatis splendor , i looked at how st john paul’s encyclical of 1993 took up the challenges created ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

A truce that cannot hold

too many catholic leaders have treated archbishop theodore mccarrick’s alleged crimes as an isolated issue. cardinal donald wuerl told an in...

Matthew Schmitz

The pope that England made

it had never happened before and has never happened since. on november 11, 1417, a pope was selected largely thanks to the efforts of the en...