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As abuse crisis continues, pope to meet with USCCB officers, Vatican says
Pope Francis will meet Sept. 13 with Cardinal O'Malley, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, and with Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Archbishop Ganswein says abuse crisis is church’s 9/11
The concern of now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and the promises made by the majority of church leaders were not able to stop the evil of clerical sexual abuse, which has been the 9/11 of the Catholic Church, the retired pope's personal secretary said.
19 more Catholic institutions divest from fossil fuel industry
The Global Catholic Climate Movement joined other organizations in announcing the latest group of dozens of institutions to divest Sept. 10, ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit Sept. 12-14 in San Francisco.
Chilean archdiocese responds with practical measures to tackle abuse
Chilean Catholics are training clerics and parishioners in abuse prevention and counseling victims, but not just abuse in church settings.
Pope encourages bishops to remain close to Venezuelan people
Pope Francis encouraged the bishops of Venezuela to continue supporting their fellow citizens who suffer greatly due to poverty, hunger and sickness.
‘Unbroken’ sequel’s focus on spiritual struggles, not physical hardship
Like the first "Unbroken" film, the sequel also is an inspirational story of a man overcoming adversity. But, for many viewers, the protagonist's spiritual struggle in this second film will feel more relatable than his prison camp experiences recounted in the first one.
African bishops want action on priests who remain in Europe
Catholic bishops in Africa have voiced concern about a growing number of priests who fail to return home after training or ministering in Europe, in violation of church norms.
‘Our people have overcome,’ Syriac Catholic patriarch says in Aleppo
Celebrating Mass Sept. 9 at the inauguration and rededication of the restored Our Lady of the Assumption Syriac Catholic Cathedral, Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan said, "We will always be people of hope and life."
Satan is attacking bishops; they must fight with prayer, pope says
In these times, Pope Francis said, it seems like the devil, "the great accuser, has been let loose and he's got it in for the bishops. True, there are, we are all sinners, we bishops."
Marquette University removes its past president’s name from building
The dorm formerly named "Wild Commons," after Jesuit Father Robert A. Wild, was renamed simply to "The Commons" Sept. 4 just weeks after opening in August bearing the name of Marquette's president from 1996-2011 and 2013-2014.