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Survivors, lay leaders help archdiocese hear victims, assist in healing
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, Catholic Spirit By Maria Wiering ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Frank Meuers and Tim O’Malley meet every month or so, often for breakfast, to talk about the Catholic Church and clergy sex abuse. Meuers is the southwest Minnesota chapter director of the Survivors Network of those …
Florida Catholic high school girls get a lot out of new weightlifting team
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jean Gonzalez, Florida Catholic By Jean Gonzalez SARASOTA, Fla. (CNS) — Ashley Savigne looked intently at the barbell for her dead lift to an overhead press. The 45-pound bar had 10-pound plates on each side. The high school sophomore at Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota took a …
Gift of fidelity in marriage, priesthood is possible, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Unity and fidelity are indispensable cornerstones of Christian marriage, Pope Francis said. Having two people generously come together as one and pledge lifelong faithful love must be not only "adequately explained to future newlyweds," these values also require the …
Pakistan Supreme Court upholds blasphemy acquittal of Asia Bibi
IMAGE: CNS photo/Punjab Governor House handout via EPA By ISLAMABAD (CNS) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court upheld its acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy. Asia Bibi, a mother of five, is now free to leave Pakistan and is expected to join her family in Canada, where …
Mexico offers visas to caravan members, but plan remains controversial
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alexandre Meneghini, Reuters By David Agren CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (CNS) — At this normally bustling border crossing between Mexico and Guatemala, Central American migrants — part of a caravan that set out Jan. 15 from San Pedro Sula, Honduras — sat patiently on folding chairs in the shade. …
Steinfels: Grand jury report needed thorough review, which no one had done
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Fordham University By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Upon first hearing in August of the findings of a Pennsylvania grand jury about how Catholic clergy abused children and young people, veteran journalist Peter Steinfels was, like a lot other people — shocked and appalled. Soon, Steinfels told …
Steinfels: Grand jury report needed thorough review, which no one had done
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Fordham University By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Upon first hearing in August of the findings of a Pennsylvania grand jury about how Catholic clergy abused children and young people, veteran journalist Peter Steinfels was, like a lot other people — shocked and appalled. Soon, Steinfels told …
Bishops must realize seriousness of abuse crisis, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PANAMA (CNS) — The primary goal of the Vatican’s February summit on clerical sexual abuse and child protection is to help bishops understand the urgency of the crisis, Pope Francis said. During a news conference with journalists …
Bishops must realize seriousness of abuse crisis, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PANAMA (CNS) — The primary goal of the Vatican’s February summit on clerical sexual abuse and child protection is to help bishops understand the urgency of the crisis, Pope Francis said. During a news conference with journalists …
As World Youth Day closes, pope prompts volunteers to keep serving
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Rhina Guidos PANAMA CITY (CNS) — Just before leaving the physical and human warmth of Panama Jan. 27, Pope Francis stopped to thank the thousands of official volunteers, young and old, gathered at the capital city’s Rommel Fernandez Stadium to tell them that they had …