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A delegate carries the Encuentro cross Sept. 20 at the start of the Fifth National Encuentro, or V Encuentro, in Grapevine, Texas. The Sept. 20-23 event is a gathering of more than 3,200 Hispanic Catholic leaders and about 125 bishops from across the country. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Encuentro opens with procession, papal message, prayers for abuse victims

Norma Montenegro Flynn
September 21, 2018
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A video message from Pope Francis and a procession of Encuentro crosses representing all of the participating episcopal regions were the highlights during the first day of the National Fifth Encuentro gathering taking place Sept. 20-23 in Grapevine.

Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro and Jack Black star in a scene from the movie "The House With a Clock in Its Walls." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Universal)

Movie Review: ‘The House With a Clock in Its Walls’

John Mulderig
September 21, 2018
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For all its spells and incantations, the witchcraft-themed fantasy “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” (Universal) lacks magic.

Archbishop William E. Lori is shown in a 2017 file photo. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Archdiocese of Baltimore to hold virtual town-hall meetings for input on sexual abuse crisis

Catholic Review Staff
September 21, 2018
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“Because we were not able to invite everyone to the regional conversations we have already held, we are using two communications platforms – MyParish app and Flocknote – to facilitate conversations and solicit input from the wider archdiocesan community surrounding specific issues related to the abuse crisis,” the archbishop said.

A family prays during a March 4 Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)

Praying with children

John Garvey
September 20, 2018
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The faith of the world’s young people is precisely what the present crisis is destroying. It will not be enough, though it is certainly necessary, for the church to root out the evil in her midst and bring about some semblance of justice.

German Cardinal Walter Brandmuller, former president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, is pictured in a 2017 photo. Retired Pope Benedict XVI expressed his displeasure with the way the cardinal publicly criticized his stepping down as pontiff, and he defended taking the title "pope emeritus." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

In letters to German cardinal, retired pope defends way he stepped down

Carol Glatz
September 20, 2018
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI expressed his displeasure with the way a German cardinal publicly criticized his stepping down as pontiff, and he defended taking the title “pope emeritus.”

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