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Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, attends a news conference presenting Pope Francis' new document, "Vos estis lux mundi" ("You are the light of the world") at the Vatican May 9, 2019. The document, which goes into effect June 1, contains new universal church law establishing procedures for reporting and investigating abuse within the church. (CNS Photo/Robert Duncan)

Official looks at meaning, role of ‘metropolitan archbishop’

Cindy Wooden
May 30, 2019
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At their June meeting, members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are scheduled to discuss specifics for implementing a “metropolitan model” of holding bishops accountable.

Members of the Knights of Columbus are seen in their new uniforms Aug. 1, 2017, during the international fraternal organization's 135th annual Supreme Convention in St. Louis. July 1 will mark the end of a 79-year era when the Knights change the ceremonial Color Corps regalia long associated with the fraternal Catholic order. (CNS photo/Knights of Columbus)

Come July 1, Knights of Columbus get a new look after 79 years

Mickey Conlon
May 29, 2019
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A long-standing tradition will end this summer as the Knights of Columbus discard the ceremonial capes and plumed chapeaus of its fourth-degree members.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs a bill into law banning abortion beginning in the eighth week of pregnancy, alongside state House and Senate members and pro-life coalition leaders at his office in Jefferson City May 24, 2019. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, in a May 23 statement praised Missouri and other states for passing pro-life legislation in recent weeks. "Every single human life has value," he said. (CNS photo/courtesy Office of the Governor handout via Reuters)

Missouri’s new law called ‘giant step forward’ for pro-life movement

Catholic News Service
May 29, 2019
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With Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signing into law a bill that bans abortions on or beyond the eighth week of pregnancy, the state’s lawmakers” have taken a giant step forward for the pro-life movement,” said St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson.

Pope Francis waves outside St. Patrick in the City Church in Washington, Sept. 24, 2015, while accompanied by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then the apostolic nuncio to the United States. In a published report May 28, 2019, Pope Francis denied Archbishop Vigano's claims that the pontiff and other church officials failed to act on accusation of abuse of conscience and power by former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Pope Francis denies knowing of allegations against McCarrick

Junno Arocho Esteves
May 28, 2019
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Nearly a year later, Pope Francis denied claims made by a former apostolic nuncio to the United States who accused him and other church officials of failing to act on accusations of abuse of conscience and power by former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.

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