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Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a professor of psychology and president of the Center for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, is pictured in a 2015 photo. Father Zollner has been on the frontlines of advocating for survivors of clerical sexual abuse and developing detailed programs to prevent abuse. He said the crisis unfolding again in the United States is a summons to a new way of envisioning the church and taking responsibility for it. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Abuse expert: Crisis is call to new vision of priesthood, accountability

Cindy Wooden
August 9, 2018
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“Since God is the Lord of history, I understand all this as a call to a deeper understanding of what is the church about, what is priesthood about and what is the Christian life,” Jesuit Father Hans Zollner told CNS.

Pro-life advocates celebrate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 9 after lawmakers voted against a bill that would have legalized abortion. The Senate voted against the bill, dashing the hopes of supporters of legal abortion in the predominantly Catholic country, homeland of Pope Francis. (CNS photo/Agustin Marcarian, Reuters)

Argentina Senate votes down abortion decriminalization bill

David Agren
August 9, 2018
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The Argentine Senate voted against a bill that would have decriminalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

Camp GLOW participant Noelle Adelsberger, right, and her sister, Kate Kleintank, sign a prayer at daily Mass at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks Aug. 8. Adelsberger, who is non-verbal, made her first Communion in front of family and fellow campers. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

St. Agnes parishioner receives first Communion at Camp GLOW

Emily Rosenthal Alster
August 9, 2018
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“This is a Camp GLOW first,” said Deacon Fleming, who leads the camp. “It is truly a blessing. How appropriate to be with her family and friends to receive this blessed gift.”

Archbishop Lori’s concluding remarks at the 136th Knights of Columbus Convention

Archbishop William E. Lori
August 9, 2018
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As you’d imagine, there are various proposals on how to move forward. Whatever takes shape, I think it will be important that it is rooted in deep repentance on the part of bishops, that it entails openness and honesty, that it involves the laity, and that is more than a matter of new policies and procedures but rather a sincere effort to grapple in God’s grace with this great evil, with the moral and spiritual dimensions of this crisis.

The Youngs of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., were honored as the Knights of Columbus Family of the Year at the Baltimore Convention Center Aug. 8, one week after they sponsored a camp for Catholic high-schoolers in Emmitsburg. From left are Christopher, 17; Mary, 9; Ryan, the father; Grace, 12; Elizabeth, the mother; Justice, 8; and Trinity, 15. The family also includes Faith, 2, and Xavier, 5 months. (Courtesy Knights of Columbus)

Seven children, two outreaches begun for Knights Family of the Year

Paul McMullen
August 8, 2018
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A little more than two decades after they met at an ice cream social on the second day of class at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, Ryan and Elizabeth Young head the Knights of Columbus International Family of the Year.

Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus, smiles as he addresses attendees Aug. 7 at the 136th annual Knights convention in Baltimore. Anderson spoke of the charitable works of the Knights, their ongoing pro-life commitment and pledge to support persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria. (CNS photo/courtesy Knights of Columbus)

Knights’ donations, volunteer hours and members keep growing, CEO says

Catholic News Service
August 8, 2018
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Carl Anderson told the Knights at the annual gathering that they gave more than $185 million dollars to charity last year, an $8 million increase from the previous year and one of the largest yearly increases in the organization’s history.

An extraordinary minister of the holy Eucharist distributes Communion during Mass at Transfiguration Church in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, N.Y. A new survey by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate in Washington shows 78 percent of men and women religious superiors favor ordaining women to the diaconate. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

U.S. men and women religious superiors favor women deacons, study says

Catholic News Service
August 7, 2018
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A new study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University surveyed men and women religious superiors in the United States about the possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate and found that the majority were in favor of the idea.

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