How the Diocese of Buffalo handles cases of priests suspected of abuse was the subject of a report Oct. 28 by the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” which talked to a woman who leaked diocesan files on those priests to a local TV station.
Buffalo protocols for addressing abuse claims scrutinized by ’60 Minutes’
Former nuncio to U.S. heard rumors of McCarrick misconduct in 1994
A former nuncio to the United States acknowledged hearing rumors about the sexual misconduct of Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick already in 1994.
Catholic groups urge humane treatment of migrants headed to border
As a group from Central America heads to the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the Trump administration is said to be getting ready to send troops to meet them and Catholic groups are asking that the migrants be treated humanely.
Federal authorities order USCCB, dioceses to retain documents
An attorney for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has confirmed that federal officials have asked the organization to keep documents and other files that might pertain to possible sex abuse allegations and other matters and to order the same of all dioceses around the country.
Abuse crisis, day of discernment, prayer top agenda for Baltimore meeting
Discussion and voting on concrete measures to address the abuse crisis and a day of spiritual discernment and prayer will top the agenda for the U.S. bishops when they meet Nov. 12-14 for their fall general assembly in Baltimore
Latin America leaves footprint in synod document, bishop says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The call for missionary discipleship that has been at the heart of the new evangelization in Latin America and the Caribbean left […]
Pope apologizes to young people who have felt ignored by the church
Speaking on behalf of all adult Catholics, Pope Francis formally closed the Synod of Bishops by asking young people for forgiveness.
USCCB president condemns shooting at synagogue, all ‘acts of hate’
The U.S. Catholic bishops stand with “our brothers and sisters of the Jewish community,” the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Oct. 27 after a horrific shooting earlier that day in Pittsburgh at the Tree of Life Synagogue.