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Kavanaugh says he feels no ‘bitterness’ over confirmation process
UPDATED - New Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Oct. 8 he has no "bitterness" over a contentious confirmation process that ultimately ended with a Senate vote Oct. 6.
Courage founder pushed bishops to resist zero tolerance on abuse
A new inquiry reveals that Father John Harvey, influenced by psychologist Richard Fitzgibbons, at times advised Catholic bishops to seek rehabilitation for abusive priests and return them to ministry.
Aid groups, bishop sound alarm over humanitarian crisis in Yemen
Yemen is facing the largest humanitarian crisis of this time, according to the United Nations. The impoverished nation at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula is now the most food-insecure population in the world due to the 4-year-old conflict.
Volunteers keep vigil so the dying won’t be alone in their last moments
For the past two years, when someone in the hospital is dying without family or friends nearby, volunteers have come to spend a few hours by their bedside.
Vatican investigates former Chilean archbishop
Schonstatt Father Fernando Baeza, the order's provincial superior in Santiago, Chile, said an accusation of abuse that occurred in Germany in 2004 against retired Archbishop Francisco Jose Cox was reported in 2017.
Martyred archbishop lived Gospel, sought God’s will, says Mercy sister
As the world Synod of Bishops unfolds at the Vatican, thousands of faithful pilgrims get ready to witness the Oct. 14 canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero, along with Blessed Paul VI and five other new saints.
Church must answer abuse survivors’ thirst for justice, archbishop says
Responding to clerical sexual abuse demands truth and justice, not just admitting a sin was committed, said Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta.
Migration should be a choice, not forced, says cardinal
Italian Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education, told reporters at a briefing Oct. 6, "The church in Italy and other countries has opened its doors" to migrants.
McCarrick case: Vatican starting to acknowledge mistakes
In an Oct. 7 open letter, Cardinal Ouellet said that the Congregation for Bishops had placed restrictions on former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick but Pope Benedict XVI had not applied formal sanctions.
Top cardinal lashes out at Archbishop Vigano’s ‘open rebellion’ on McCarrick case
Because rumors of Cardinal McCarrick's sexual misconduct were not proof, then-Pope Benedict XVI never imposed formal sanctions on him, which means Pope Francis never lifted them, Cardinal Marc Ouellet wrote to Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former Vatican nuncio to the U.S.