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People stand near a 60-foot illuminated cross Aug. 12 at Holy Land USA, a former theme park in Waterbury, Conn., during a Mass honoring sainthood candidate Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus and a native of Waterbury. The cross can be seen for miles from the highways. (CNS photo/Aaron Joseph, for The Catholic Transcript)

‘Mountaintop Mass’ celebrated to honor Father McGivney draws 1,000

Joe Pisani
August 13, 2018
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More than 1,000 people gathered in the rain on top of Holy Land USA as Archbishop Leonard P. Blair of Hartford celebrated Mass to honor Father Michael McGivney, a candidate for sainthood and the founder of the Knights of Columbus

Pope Francis poses for a photo with Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, during a private audience at the Vatican April 19. Cardinal O'Malley Aug 10 called for an investigation of St. John Seminary in Boston. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Cardinal O’Malley calls for investigation at Boston seminary

Rhina Guidos
August 10, 2018
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The Archbishop of Boston said in an Aug. 10 statement that he has asked the rector of its main archdiocesan St. John Seminary to go on sabbatical leave immediately and is asking for an investigation of allegations made on social media about activities there “directly contrary to the moral standards and requirements of formation for the Catholic priesthood.”

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori and Ukrainian Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, Ukraine, who is head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, concelebrate Mass Aug. 8 during the 136th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in Baltimore. (CNS photo/courtesy Knights of Columbus)

World must not forget suffering of Ukraine and its people, says prelate

Catholic News Service
August 10, 2018
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“We plead with the international community not to neglect Ukraine and that we not be left alone with a much bigger and more powerful aggressor,” said Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, Ukraine.

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a professor of psychology and president of the Center for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, is pictured in a 2015 photo. Father Zollner has been on the frontlines of advocating for survivors of clerical sexual abuse and developing detailed programs to prevent abuse. He said the crisis unfolding again in the United States is a summons to a new way of envisioning the church and taking responsibility for it. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Abuse expert: Crisis is call to new vision of priesthood, accountability

Cindy Wooden
August 9, 2018
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“Since God is the Lord of history, I understand all this as a call to a deeper understanding of what is the church about, what is priesthood about and what is the Christian life,” Jesuit Father Hans Zollner told CNS.

Pro-life advocates celebrate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 9 after lawmakers voted against a bill that would have legalized abortion. The Senate voted against the bill, dashing the hopes of supporters of legal abortion in the predominantly Catholic country, homeland of Pope Francis. (CNS photo/Agustin Marcarian, Reuters)

Argentina Senate votes down abortion decriminalization bill

David Agren
August 9, 2018
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The Argentine Senate voted against a bill that would have decriminalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

Camp GLOW participant Noelle Adelsberger, right, and her sister, Kate Kleintank, sign a prayer at daily Mass at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks Aug. 8. Adelsberger, who is non-verbal, made her first Communion in front of family and fellow campers. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

St. Agnes parishioner receives first Communion at Camp GLOW

Emily Rosenthal Alster
August 9, 2018
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“This is a Camp GLOW first,” said Deacon Fleming, who leads the camp. “It is truly a blessing. How appropriate to be with her family and friends to receive this blessed gift.”

Archbishop Lori’s concluding remarks at the 136th Knights of Columbus Convention

Archbishop William E. Lori
August 9, 2018
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As you’d imagine, there are various proposals on how to move forward. Whatever takes shape, I think it will be important that it is rooted in deep repentance on the part of bishops, that it entails openness and honesty, that it involves the laity, and that is more than a matter of new policies and procedures but rather a sincere effort to grapple in God’s grace with this great evil, with the moral and spiritual dimensions of this crisis.

The Youngs of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., were honored as the Knights of Columbus Family of the Year at the Baltimore Convention Center Aug. 8, one week after they sponsored a camp for Catholic high-schoolers in Emmitsburg. From left are Christopher, 17; Mary, 9; Ryan, the father; Grace, 12; Elizabeth, the mother; Justice, 8; and Trinity, 15. The family also includes Faith, 2, and Xavier, 5 months. (Courtesy Knights of Columbus)

Seven children, two outreaches begun for Knights Family of the Year

Paul McMullen
August 8, 2018
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A little more than two decades after they met at an ice cream social on the second day of class at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, Ryan and Elizabeth Young head the Knights of Columbus International Family of the Year.

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