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This is the cover of the USCCB "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People." More committees are not the answer to stop the abuse of children and vulnerable adults by clergy, said an Aug. 28 statement by the National Review Board, which is charged with addressing clerical sexual misconduct in the U.S. Catholic Church. (CNS photo illustration/Rick Musacchio, Tennessee Register)

Victim assistance coordinators comfort in a behind-the-scenes ministry

Dennis Sadowski
September 27, 2018
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Whether the call is from someone who is angry, embarrassed, unsure of what to do or needs a friendly ear, diocesan and eparchial victim assistance coordinators are the face of the church’s response to victims of sexual abuse by a church worker — clergy or otherwise.

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis speaks to the media alongside Thomas Abood, chairman of the archdiocesan's finance council and reorganization task force, following the confirmation of the archdiocese's plan for reorganization Sept. 25 at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved the archdiocese's plan, including a $210 million settlement for victim-survivor remuneration. (CNS photo/Maria Wiering, The Catholic Spirit)

Judge approves Minnesota archdiocese’s $210 million settlement plan

Maria Wiering
September 27, 2018
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A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge Sept. 25 approved the reorganization plan of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, including a $210 million settlement for victim-survivor remuneration.

More than 770 participants endured steady rain in support of the fifth annual Little Sisters of the Poor 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Sept. 8. The event benefited St. Martin's Home in Catonsville. St. Ignatius Church in Hickory won the Parish Pride Award and Mount de Sales Academy received the Flying Nun Award for most registrants. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Names and Numbers: Capital Campaigns, jubilarians, 9/11 observance make news

Catholic Review Staff
September 27, 2018
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This latest installment of Names and Numbers includes women’s religious orders that contributed greatly to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, highlights school fundraising initiatives, as well as an observance of 9/11 with particular resonance in Harford County.

Catholics participate in a listening session with Archbishop William E. Lori Sept. 17 at St. Lawrence Martyr in Hanover. (Courtesy Archdiocese of Baltimore)

What I heard this summer

Archbishop William E. Lori
September 27, 2018
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I will report back to you what I’ve heard and how these heartfelt comments, no matter how hard they are to hear at times, will help to shape necessary reforms in our local Church and how they will inform my own contributions to the urgent conversations that are happening at higher levels of our Church. 

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich reacts Sept. 25 during a presentation of a study on sexual abuse in the German church. The study, leaked earlier, was officially presented during the German bishops' conference meeting in Fulda, Germany. (CNS photo/Armando Babani, EPA)

German bishops apologize formally, release sex abuse data

Zita Ballinger
September 27, 2018
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The head of the German bishops conference formally apologized for sexual abuse in the church, saying it “has been denied, turned away from and covered up for far too long.”

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivers his homily Sept. 23 during the closing Mass of the Fifth National Encuentro, or V Encuentro, in Grapevine, Texas. The Sept. 20-23 gathering brought together more than 3,200 Hispanic Catholic leaders and about 125 bishops from across the country. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Today is ‘hour of the laity,’ Archbishop Gomez tells Encuentro delegates

Norma Montenegro Flynn
September 25, 2018
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Hispanic Catholic leaders are living an important moment in the history of the Catholic church in the U.S. and are called to rise and continue the work of building the church, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said Sept. 23.

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