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USCCB president seeks papal audience, answers to former nuncio’s questions

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he was “eager for an audience” with Pope Francis to gain his support for the bishops’ plan to respond to the clergy sexual abuse crisis. In an Aug. 27 statement, Cardinal Daniel N. Di Nardo of Galveston-Houston also said that the questions raised by Arch-bishop […]

Pope says he trusts people to judge archbishop’s claims about him

Pope Francis said Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano’s long docu-ment calling on him to resign is written in a way that people should be able to draw their own conclusions. “I read the statement this morning and, sincerely, I must say this to you and anyone interested: Read that statement attentively and make your own judgment,” […]

Change in church’s culture, including bishops, needed to end abuse

More committees are not the answer to stop the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by clergy, said an Aug. 28 statement by the National Review Board, which is charged with addressing clerical sexual misconduct in the Catholic Church. “What needs to happen is a genuine change in the church’s culture, specifically among the bishops […]

Irish survey indicates strong support for Church reform: Asks for “married priests and, women priests.”

Strong support for a radical reform of the Irish Catholic Church is disclosed in a survey by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), in the run-up to Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland. The survey was conducted at four regional meetings held in July, on the ACP website in early August, in parishes, and with a […]

Filipino nun returns home after serving India for 41 years

A Filipina nun, who served India for 41 years, has returned to her native country. Sister Linda Gomez of Daughters of the Charity, a congregation founded by St Vincent De Paul, worked among the poor mostly in Odisha, eastern India, has returned to the Philippines. Sister Martha Pradhan, who heads the congregation’s North India province, […]

Activists protest death of children “rescued” from Teresa home

Human right activists gathered at a busy junction in Ranchi on August 21 to protest the death of two infants who were “rescued” from a Missionaries of Charity centre by a Jharkhand government department. “The two children died of dehydration within six weeks of them being forcibly removed from the Missionaries of Charity centre,” Gopinath […]

Women angry over pope’s sex abuse letter

Pope Francis’ call for fasting and prayer to atone for the sexual misdeeds of clergy has evoked angry responses from leading Catholic women in India who are demanding action to stem such crimes. The Aug. 20 papal letter asked for forgiveness for clerical abuse a week after a U.S. court investigation reported that over 300 […]

Tamil Catholics dig deep for Myanmar church

Visitors to a Tamil Catholic village in Myanmar are greeted by the Holy Cross at its entrance and can see St Anthony’s Church even before they arrive in the centre. Yaw Han, 24, is proud of being a Catholic in Hton-Bo-Quay in Kayin State after a community effort helped fund construction of a new church […]