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Barbara Dorris, an abuse survivor and former executive director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome Feb. 19, 2019. The event was held to talk about the abuse of women as the Vatican prepares for its Feb. 21-24 Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the church. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Blaming homosexuality for abuse of minors is distraction, victims say

Carol Glatz
February 20, 2019
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People must stop using homosexuals as scapegoats for the sexual abuse of children, two male survivors of abuse by priests told reporters.

Blessed John Henry Newman is seen in a portrait provided by the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Catholic bishops in England hope for his canonization in 2019 after Vatican theologians conclude that the inexplicable healing of a U.S. woman with life-threatening complications in pregnancy was a miracle attributable to him.(CNS photo/courtesy of the Catholic Church of England and Wales)

Illinois doctor: Newman miracle depositions were ‘spiritual experiences’

Joyce Duriga
February 19, 2019
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When the Vatican announced Feb. 15 that Pope Francis had signed a decree recognizing a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed John Henry Newman, clearing the way for his canonization, there was rejoicing in Chicago.

Sister Miriam James Heidland, a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, greets attendees of the Mid-Atlantic Congress following her Feb. 15 keynote address. (George P. Matysek Jr./CR Staff)

Nun offers hope and healing in keynote address to pastoral leaders

George P. Matysek Jr.
February 19, 2019

“Jesus Christ did not come and suffer and die for us so that we be good little girls and boys,” she said, “He came that we might have life and have it to the full and that our life would be completely transformed unto glory.”

A Dominican nun and Jesuit priest are pictured in a combination photo. "Pope Francis rightly attacks the culture of clericalism which has hindered our fight against abuse and indeed is one of the root causes," said a statement Feb. 19 from the women's International Union of Superiors General and the men's Union of Superiors General. (CNS file)

Religious superiors admit denial, slowness to act against abuse

Cindy Wooden
February 19, 2019
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Twisted ideas of power and authority in the Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, leaders of religious orders said, but sometimes the positive “sense of family” in their own communities also made them slow to act.

Former Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Bishop Michael J. Bransfield's name has been removed from the gymnasium at Central Catholic High School in Wheeling, W.Va., a decision made by the school's board. The exterior of the gym is pictured Feb. 15, 2019. (CNS photo/Colleen Rowan, The Catholic Spirit)

West Virginia Catholic high school removes bishop’s name from gym

Colleen Rowan
February 19, 2019
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Former Wheeling-Charleston Bishop Michael J. Bransfield’s name has been removed from the gymnasium at Central Catholic High School in Wheeling.

Sister Miriam James Heidland, a member of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, greets attendees of the Mid-Atlantic Congress following her Feb. 15 keynote address. (George P. Matysek Jr./CR Staff)

Religious sister offers hope and healing in keynote address to pastoral leaders

George P. Matysek Jr.
February 19, 2019
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“Jesus Christ did not come and suffer and die for us so that we be good little girls and boys,” she said, “He came that we might have life and have it to the full and that our life would be completely transformed unto glory.”

Jesuit Father Fernando Cardenal, a Nicaraguan poet and Queen Sofia Prize winner, is shown at his 90th birthday party at the National Theatre Ruben Dario in Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 27, 2015. His birthday is Jan. 20. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

Pope lifts suspension imposed on Nicaraguan priest 34 years ago

Cindy Wooden
February 18, 2019
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Pope Francis has lifted the canonical penalties imposed 34 years ago on Father Ernesto Cardenal, 94, the Nicaraguan poet and former member of the Sandinista government.

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta and Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, all members of the organizing committee for the Feb. 21-24 Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the church, attend a press conference to preview the meeting at the Vatican Feb. 18, 2019. Also pictured is Alessandro Gisotti, interim Vatican spokesman. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican summit: Silence, denial are unacceptable

Cindy Wooden
February 18, 2019
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When presented with an accusation that a priest has sexually abused a child, “whether it’s criminal or malicious complicity and a code of silence or whether it is denial” on a very human level, such reactions are no longer tolerable, said the Vatican’s top investigator of abuse cases.

Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley processes out as clergymen assist then-retired Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick following the 2017 installation Mass for Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, N.J. In back is Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, retired archbishop of Los Angeles. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

In the U.S., a sobering mood after news of McCarrick’s laicization

Rhina Guidos
February 17, 2019
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The accusations surrounding former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick have been hanging over U.S. bishops and faith communities in the dioceses and archdioceses where he served — New York, Metuchen and Newark in New Jersey, and Washington — since last year.

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