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Archdiocesan leaders respond to pope’s reforms on accountability

Christopher Gunty
May 9, 2019
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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori welcomed Pope Francis’ May 9 document clarifying and revising norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors as well as in protecting members of religious orders and seminarians from abuse.
“I welcome his motu proprio, ‘Vos Estis Lux Mundi’(‘You Are the Light of the World’), which creates new church law establishing uniform and universal requirements for allegations of child sexual abuse, as well as for those who abuse their authority, including bishops,” Archbishop Lori said.

Mary Gregorini, a judge for the 2019 Archdiocese of Baltimore Department of Catholic Schools Spelling Bee at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City May 8 presents first-place winner and Trinity School sixth grader, Sonya Heffernan, with the antenna headband she wore during the competition as a parting gift. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Baltimore Archdiocese spelling bee has middle-schoolers abuzz

Mary K. Tilghman
May 9, 2019
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The competition brought 38 middle school-age students from across the archdiocese – all winners of separate spelling bees at their respective schools – to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City.

Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins star in a scene from the movie "Tolkien." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Fox Searchlight)

Movie Review: ‘Tolkien’

John Mulderig
May 9, 2019
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By turns lyrical and moving, “Tolkien” (Fox Searchlight) is a sophisticated profile of the future novelist’s youth that succeeds on a number of levels.

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta and Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, together with Alessandro Gisotti of the Vatican press office, present Pope Francis' new document on abuse norms, "Vos estis lux mundi" ("You are the light of the world") at the Vatican May 9, 2019. (CNS Photo/Robert Duncan)

Pope issues new norms on mandatory abuse reporting, bishop accountability

Carol Glatz
May 9, 2019
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Pope Francis has revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors as well as in protecting members of religious orders and seminarians from abuse.

Bharani Rayana, and Madhuri Adari, hold their second-grade son, Daksha Rayana 8, after being reunited May 7, 2019, following a school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado. In response to the May 7 shooting inside the charter school near Denver where 18-year-old senior Kendrick Castillo was killed, and eight other students were wounded, Catholic leaders are calling for prayer and action. (CNS photo/Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters)

Catholic officials call for prayer, action after Colorado shooting

Carol Zimmermann
May 8, 2019
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Catholic leaders are calling for prayer and action in response to the May 7 school shooting inside a charter school near Denver. One teenager died and eight other students were wounded.

Autumn Brown, a 2015-16 Notre Dame-AmeriCorps member, serving at Corryville Catholic, a Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ministry in Cincinnati, works with a child in a March 28, 2015, photo. (CNS photo/courtesy of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Ohio) S

AmeriCorps partnership expands sisters’ service and transforms members

Gail DeGeorge
May 8, 2019
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Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-AmeriCorps is a partnership between Notre Dame Mission Volunteers, a program of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and AmeriCorps, a network of U.S. service programs.

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