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Pope Francis poses for a photo with representatives of the Chilean bishops' conference at the Vatican Jan. 14. The pope and the leadership of the conference met to talk about the sex abuse crisis affecting the church in Chile. Pictured from left are Archbishop Rene Osvaldo Rebelledo Salinas of La Serena, vice president of the conference; Bishop Santiago Silva Retamales of the military ordinariate, president of the Chilean bishops' conference; Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello of Santiago; Pope Francis; Auxiliary Bishop Fernando Ramos, apostolic administrator of Rancagua; and Bishop Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Errazuriz of San Bernardo. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope meets with Chilean bishops, discusses abuse crisis

Junno Arocho Esteves
January 15, 2019
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Pope Francis spent nearly three hours with bishops from Chile discussing the sexual abuse crisis that has rocked the church in the country, a Chilean bishop said.

Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs is seen in this U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation missing person poster. She had been missing for nearly three months after being kidnapped, but she escaped her abductor Jan. 10 in Gordon, Wis. (CNS photo/FBI handout via Reuters)

Catholic parish of teen who escaped abduction credits power of prayer

Carol Zimmermann
January 15, 2019
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“Our prayers have been answered and God is good,” parishioner JoAnn Trowbridge told the local NBC affiliate, WEAU, after Jan. 13 Mass at St. Peter. She also said she thinks their prayers may have been answered because “God got sick of us nagging him.”

This is a map of Pennsylvania showing the six Catholic dioceses covered by a grand jury report on an investigation of abuse claims made in those dioceses. The report covers a span of more than 70 years. (CNS/courtesy of USCCB)

Abuse report’s claim of cover-up, mishandling of cases called ‘misleading’

Julie Asher
January 14, 2019
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The conclusion reached by a Pennsylvania grand jury that six of the state’s Catholic dioceses acted “in virtual lockstep” to cover up abuse allegations and dismiss alleged victims over a 70-year period starting in 1947 is “inaccurate,” “unfair” and “misleading,” said a veteran journalist in an in-depth article for Commonweal magazine.

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