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Update: Bishops vote to let Vatican inquiry proceed without commenting
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Dennis Sadowski BALTIMORE (CNS) — The U.S. bishops Nov. 14 defeated a resolution to encourage the Vatican to release all documents related to the investigation of allegations of misconduct by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick. The resolution went down by a vote of 137-83 at the …
Update: Bishops overwhelmingly approve pastoral against racism
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison BALTIMORE (CNS) — The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a pastoral letter against racism Nov. 14 during their fall general meeting at Baltimore. The document, "Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love — A Pastoral Letter Against Racism," passed 241-3 with one …
Jesuit superior says Father Arrupe’s sainthood cause may open in February
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jesuit Father B. Reynolds By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Plans are underway for a solemn opening in February of the sainthood cause of Father Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Jesuits from 1965 to 1983. Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, the current superior, informed Jesuits Nov. 14 that …
Where there are lies, there can be no love, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Lying or being inauthentic is seriously wrong because it hinders or harms human relationships, Pope Francis said. "Where there are lies, there is no love, one cannot have love," he said Nov. 14 during his weekly general audience in St. …
Dolan: Even without vote, discussing abuse protocols still ‘productive’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Vatican request that the U.S. bishops postpone voting on several proposals to address abuse was a disappointment but they "quickly took a deep breath" and realized they could still have a productive discussion about the measures, said New York …
Bishops’ abuse response must trump all other issues, advisory group says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Carol Zimmermann BALTIMORE (CNS) — 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 …
Temporary mobile health clinic for the poor opens in St. Peter’s Square
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As workers were getting St. Peter’s Square ready for this year’s Nativity scene, nearby a large mobile health care facility was set up and running to serve the city’s homeless and poor. About two dozen men and a few …
Gobsmacked: Rome steps in, reform votes delayed
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Greg Erlandson BALTIMORE (CNS) — Seasoned bishop watchers know that just about every fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has a surprise. Sometimes it’s an election result. Sometimes it is the debate you never expected. Sometimes it’s that there’s no debate. But …
Pope names Archbishop Scicluna adjunct secretary of CDF
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis named Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, arguably the Catholic Church’s most respected abuse investigator, to be adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Announcing the appointment Nov. 13, the Vatican press office said …
Protesters gather outside bishops’ meeting in Baltimore, call for change
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register By Emily Rosenthal BALTIMORE (CNS) — 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 …