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A bishop holds a prayer book during a service in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary Jan. 2 at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Illinois, near Chicago. The U.S. bishops began their Jan. 2-8 retreat at the seminary, suggested by Pope Francis in September, which comes as the bishops work to rebuild trust among the faithful as questions continue to revolve around their handling of clergy sex abuse. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

U.S. bishops take part in weeklong retreat about clergy sex abuse crisis

Carol Zimmermann
January 3, 2019
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The U.S. Catholic bishops are taking part in a closed-door retreat Jan. 2-8 at Mundelein Seminary at the University of St. Mary of the Lake near Chicago to prayerfully consider ways to rebuild trust over the clergy sex abuse crisis.

Institute of Notre Dame junior, La’Shyra Williams, left, and senior, Madison DuBose, are overcome with emotion following their team’s 39-30 victory at the 52nd meeting of “The Big Game” against Mercy High School at Towson University’s SECU Arena Feb. 2. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

A photographic year in review

Kevin J. Parks
January 3, 2019
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Kevin J. Parks shares some of his favorite visual memories from 2018.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, center, attends a prayer service in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary Jan. 2 at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Illinois, near Chicago. The U.S. bishops began their Jan. 2-8 retreat at the seminary, suggested by Pope Francis in September, which comes as the bishops work to rebuild trust among the faithful as questions continue to revolve around their handling of clergy sex abuse. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Pope to U.S. bishops: Abuse crisis requires conversion, humility

Cindy Wooden
January 3, 2019
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The clerical abuse crisis and the “crisis of credibility” it created for the U.S. bishops have led to serious divisions within the U.S. church and to a temptation to look for administrative solutions to problems that go much deeper, Pope Francis told the U.S. bishops.

In this 2016 file photo, a woman in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, rests on a couch in her home while she recovers from a sterilization surgery. The Catholic Church teaches that sterilization is morally unacceptable, but a hysterectomy could be morally acceptable if the uterus could not sustain a pregnancy, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. (CNS photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters)

Hysterectomy can be morally licit in limited situations, Vatican says

Carol Glatz
January 3, 2019
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The Catholic Church teaches that sterilization is morally unacceptable, but a hysterectomy could be morally acceptable if the uterus could not sustain a pregnancy, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Pope Francis twirls a soccer ball presented by a member of CirCuba, the Cuban national circus, during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 2. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Prayer involves recognizing self as God’s beloved child, pope says

Cindy Wooden
January 2, 2019
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Christians are not better than other people, but they do know that God is their father and they are called “to reflect a ray of his goodness in this world thirsting for goodness, waiting for good news,” Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, acknowledges the congregation after concelebrating Mass July 26 at the Basilica of Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre in Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre, Quebec, on the feast of St. Anne. Also pictured are Archbishop Valery Vienneau of Moncton, and Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec City. (CNS photo/Philippe Vaillancourt, Presence)

Details published on Vatican delaying USCCB vote on abuse provisions

Cindy Wooden
January 2, 2019
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The surprising news in November that the Vatican had asked U.S. bishops not to vote on several proposals for responding to the sexual abuse crisis was motivated by a lack of time given the Vatican to study the proposals and potential conflicts with church law, according to a letter obtained by the Associated Press.

Mary and the infant Jesus are depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Hicksville, N.Y. The feast of Mary, Mother of God, a holy day of obligation, is celebrated Jan. 1. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ushers in New Year

Catholic Review Staff
January 1, 2019
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Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will honor the Blessed Virgin Mary and pray for peace in a special way Jan. 1 when they celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

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