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A funeral Mass will be offered Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. for Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Regina Marie Wilson at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. Sister Regina Marie, a former principal of St. Rita Elementary School in Dundalk, died Feb. 21 at age 84.

Former principal of St. Rita School dies at 84

Catholic Review Staff
February 25, 2019
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A funeral Mass will be offered Feb. 26 at 11 a.m. for Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Regina Marie Wilson at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton. Sister Regina Marie, a former principal of St. Rita Elementary School in Dundalk, died Feb. 21 at age 84.

Pope Francis and church leaders from around the world attend a penitential liturgy during a meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 23, 2019. The summit brought together the pope and 190 church leaders -- presidents of bishops' conferences, the heads of the Eastern Catholic churches, superiors of men's and women's religious orders and Roman Curia officials. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

ANALYSIS: After the Vatican’s summit on abuse, the stakes are clear

Greg Erlandson
February 25, 2019
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With this summit, Pope Francis has tossed down the gauntlet. The stakes are clear. In the words of Australian Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, “All of this will take time, but we do not have forever and we dare not fail.”

A funeral Mass was offered for Sister of Mercy Joan Dumm Jan. 18 at the Stella Maris Chapel in Timonium.

Sister Joan Dumm, R.S.M., was beloved Cockeysville educator

Catholic Review Staff
February 24, 2019
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A funeral Mass was offered for Sister of Mercy Joan Dumm Jan. 18 at the Stella Maris Chapel in Timonium. A beloved member of the St. Joseph School in Cockeysville community, she was known as the authority on preparing students for their first Communion. Sister Joan died Jan. 13.

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is pictured after an interview at the Pontifical North American College in Rome Feb. 24, 2019. Cardinal DiNardo represented the U.S. bishops at the Vatican's four-day meeting on the protection of minors in the church. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Summit affirms need to hold bishops accountable, U.S. cardinal says

Cindy Wooden
February 24, 2019
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The Vatican summit on child protection and the clerical sexual abuse crisis affirmed the U.S. bishops’ strong belief that bishops and cardinals who abuse children or cover up abuse must be held accountable, said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston.

Pope Francis talks with Father Federico Lombardi at the start of the third day of the meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 23, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Measures to help protect minors are imminent, summit moderator says

Junno Arocho Esteves
February 24, 2019
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While the four-day Vatican summit on the protection of minors has ended, the work to ensure that laws and concrete actions are in place is just beginning, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi.

Pope Francis celebrates a Mass on the last day of the four-day meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2019, in this image taken from Vatican television. (CNS photo/Vatican Television via Reuters)

Pope: No more excuses; time for ‘all-out battle’ against crime of abuse

Carol Glatz
February 24, 2019
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The time has come for an “all-out battle” against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich speaks at a briefing on the third day of the meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 23, 2019. Also pictured are Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, superior general of the Society of Jesus, and Nigerian Sister Veronica Openibo, congregational leader of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Lack of transparency harms church, justice, victims, cardinal says

Carol Glatz
February 24, 2019
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Transparent, reliable and respectful administration is critical for counteracting sinful behavior within the Catholic Church, said German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising.

Nigerian Sister Veronica Openibo, congregational leader of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, attends the third day of the meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 23, 2019. Sister Openibo told the gathering that clerical sexual abuse "has reduced the credibility of the church when transparency should the hallmark of mission as followers of Jesus Christ." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Church credibility ruined by silent hypocrisy, sister tells summit

Junno Arocho Esteves
February 23, 2019
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The hypocrisy of Catholic leaders who claimed to be guardians of morality yet remained silent about clerical sexual abuse has left the church’s credibility in shambles, an African woman religious told bishops at the Vatican summit on abuse.

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