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Catholic scholar and author Phyllis Zagano is flanked by Dominican Sister Donna Ciangio and Jesuit Father Bernard Pottier as she speaks with journalists prior to a Jan. 15 symposium on the history and future of women deacons in the Catholic Church. Held at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus in New York City, the event was hosted by the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Idea of having women deacons ‘about ministry,’ not ‘power,’ says speaker

Beth Griffin
January 17, 2019
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Ordaining women to the permanent diaconate now, when the church is “crying for ministry,” is a logical way to fulfill its obligation to bring the Gospel to all people, according to panelists at a Jan 15 event at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York.

Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, then retired archbishop of Washington, looks on as Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl of Washington greets new Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Paulo in the Apostolic Palace after a consistory at the Vatican in this Nov. 24, 2007, file photo. Cardinal Wuerl apologized Jan. 15 for what he called a "lapse of memory," clarifying that he knew of at least one abuse allegation from 2004 against former Cardinal McCarrick. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Wuerl acknowledges he knew of one accusation against predecessor

Rhina Guidos
January 17, 2019
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In a second letter issued in mid-January about what he knew and didn’t regarding abuse allegations involving his predecessor, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Washington’s retired archbishop, apologized Jan. 15 for what he called a “lapse of memory,” clarifying that he knew of at least one abuse allegation against former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, but he had “forgotten” about it.

A composite photo shows the members of the organizing committee for the Feb. 21-24 Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the church. From left are Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago; Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India; Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; and Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Centre for the Protection of Minors at the Pontifical Gregorian University and a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. (CNS photos/Paul Haring)

Pope wants abuse summit to lead to clarity, action

Carol Glatz
January 16, 2019
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At the upcoming meeting on protecting minors, Pope Francis wants leaders of the world’s bishops’ conferences to clearly understand what must be done to prevent abuse, care for victims and ensure no case is whitewashed or covered up.

Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston star in a scene from the movie "The Upside." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/STX)

Movie Review: ‘Upside’

Kurt Jensen
January 16, 2019
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Take the “white savior” formula of 2009’s “The Blind Side,” in which a Caucasian of considerable means changes the life of an impoverished African-American, mix in a little of “Driving Miss Daisy” from 1989, and you have “The Upside”

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.

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