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Msgr. Ron Lengwin, vicar for church relations for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, speaks with abuse victim Jim VanSickle of Pittsburgh during an Aug. 20 news conference held by members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in front of the diocese's building. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

As survivors find voice, church leaders wrestle with how to address issue

Chaz Muth
August 24, 2018
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Pennsylvania survivors of clergy sex abuse spent the week after the release of the grand jury report finding their voice as bishops and priests in the state wrestled with how to address the growing scandal.

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, chats with Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin during the opening ceremony of the World Meeting of Families in Dublin Aug. 21. Pope Francis will visit Dublin and Knock Aug. 25-26, mainly for the World Meeting of Families. (CNS photo/courtesy John McElroy, World Meeting of Families)

Cardinal Farrell tells media church needs God to help it build bridges

Sarah Mac Donald
August 23, 2018
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Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, said the church needs God to help it build bridges, to communicate and to help it understand that “we need to speak to each other and accept each other as children of God.”

Pallottine Father Bernie Carman, pastor of St. Leo the Great Church, meets Mike Kulis, his daughter, Sarah, and her dog, Marley, during the St. Anthony Festival in Little Italy June 3. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

The Gentleness of Father Bernie

Suzanna Molino Singleton
August 23, 2018
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I find him to be such a tender and calm soul. He speaks gently. He celebrates Mass gently. He acts gently. I love chatting with Father Bernie – his tranquility is contagious.

Pope Francis arrives in procession with other bishops during Mass at the Maquehue Airport near Temuco, Chile, Jan. 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Group says structural changes in church needed to address abuse

Julie Asher
August 23, 2018
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Catholic theologians, educators, parishioners and lay leaders across the United States expressed their disgust with the abuse scandal in the church, saying the details in a Pennsylvania grand jury’s report “evince a horror beyond expression.”

Kodi Smit-McPhee stars in a scene from the movie "Alpha." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Sony)

Movie Review: ‘Alpha’

Joseph McAleer
August 23, 2018
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The oft-repeated tale of a boy and his dog is as old as time — or at least the last Ice Age, the intriguing setting for “Alpha” (Columbia).

Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus, speaks during the 2017 Catholic convocation in Orlando, Fla. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Anderson calls for ‘full accounting of misdeeds’ that have led to scandal

Julie Asher
August 23, 2018
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After years of Catholics having to confess their sins to the clergy, it is now time for priests and bishops “to come clean about what they have done and what they have failed to do,” the CEO of the Knights of Columbus said.

Bishops and priests attend Pope Francis' celebration of Mass marking the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 29. In an Aug. 20 letter to all Catholics, the pope blamed clericalism for helping to support and perpetuate sexual abuse committed by clergy. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Clericalism: The culture that enables abuse and insists on hiding it

Cindy Wooden
August 22, 2018
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Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has targeted clericalism as an illness in the church, an ailment that pretends “the church” means “priests and bishops,” that ignores or minimizes the God-given grace and talents of laypeople and that emphasizes the authority of clerics over their obligation of service.

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