Contact Us | Report Misconduct | Catholic Review | Policies | Careers | myArch | Outlook365

Home Page

A flag flies at half-staff Aug. 26 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington in honor of U.S. Sen. John McCain. McCain, whose more than three-decade career in the Senate irreversibly impacted the tenor of Washington, died Aug. 25 at age 81. His body will lie in state in the US Capitol the week of Aug. 27, an honor given to few statesmen. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)

Bishop Kicanas recalls McCain’s legacy of service, bipartisanship

Michael Brown
August 28, 2018
, , ,

Retired Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson praised Arizona Sen. John S. McCain, who died at age 81 of brain cancer Aug. 25, for his service to the nation.

St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson is seen Sept. 19, 2017, at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. The archbishop said Aug. 23 that he invited Missouri's attorney general to conduct a review of the archdiocese with regard to clergy sexual abuse. (CNS photo/Teak Phillips, St. Louis Review)

Missouri prelates invite attorney general to review abuse cases

Catholic News Service
August 27, 2018
, ,

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis said Aug. 23 he has invited Missouri’s attorney general to conduct a review of the archdiocese with regard to clergy sexual abuse.

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, concelebrates the closing Mass at the 2017 Convocation of Catholic Leaders in Orlando, Fla. Cardinal DiNardo said in an Aug. 27 state that 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. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

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

Catholic News Service
August 27, 2018
, , ,

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.

Mount St. Mary's University, which is playing intercollegiate men's soccer for the first time since 2012, plays at Loyola University Maryland Aug. 27. (Dave Sinclair/Courtesy Mount St. Mary's University)

Men’s soccer returns to Mount St. Mary’s after five-year absence

Todd Karpovich
August 27, 2018
, , , ,

For the first time since 2012, the Mountaineers took the field in an NCAA game Aug. 24, when they played host to Bucknell at Waldron Family Stadium and lost, 2-0.

A shaft of light illuminates Pope Francis as he responds to a question from reporter Anna Matranga of CBS News aboard his flight from Dublin to Rome Aug. 26. Matranga asked the pope about a statement made by Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former apostolic nuncio to the United States, concerning Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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

Cindy Wooden
August 26, 2018
, , ,

Pope Francis said Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano’s long document calling on him to resign is written in a way that people should be able to draw their own conclusions.

Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, is pictured at his residence at the Vatican in this Oct. 20, 2011, file photo. The former nuncio has accused church officials, including Pope Francis, of failing to act on accusations of abuse by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Former U.S. nuncio alleges broad cover-up of McCarrick’s misdeeds

Junno Arocho Esteves
August 26, 2018
, , ,

A former apostolic nuncio to the United States accused church officials, including Pope Francis, of failing to act on accusations of abuse of conscience and power by now-Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.

Pope Francis meets with a family that gave testimony during the Festival of Families in Croke Park stadium in Dublin Aug. 25. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Families called to share joy, love, life with the world, pope says

Cindy Wooden
August 26, 2018
, , , ,

In a stadium of Catholic families from around the world, Pope Francis told the laypeople they are the vast majority of church members and that, without them, the church would be cold, a collection of statues.

Children's shoes and toys are seen on a sidewalk in Dublin Aug. 25 as part of a demonstration against clerical sex abuse in Dublin. Pope Francis met privately for an hour and half with eight Irish survivors of clerical, religious and institutional abuse. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)

Pope meets survivors of abuse in Ireland

Cindy Wooden
August 26, 2018
, , ,

Pope Francis spent 90 minutes meeting privately with eight survivors of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy or in Catholic-run schools and institutions.

En español »