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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.

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 hopes summit will include bishops’ accountability

Cindy Wooden
December 28, 2018
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A member of the committee organizing Pope Francis’ February summit on the sexual abuse crisis said the meeting should include discussing ways to hold bishops accountable for handling cases correctly.

In this 2011 file photo, Sister Wendy Beckett poses with an unidentified admirer during a book signing at St. Pauls Bookshop in London. (CNS photo/Jo-Anne Rowney, courtesy of St. Pauls Bookshop)

Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at age 88

Carol Zimmermann
December 28, 2018
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WASHINGTON — Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88. She has been widely described as both an unlikely art critic and television star, but that may have been what made her all the more likeable. […]

The likeness of a priest is seen in this illustration. A priest who once served in the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to prison Dec. 21 for sexually molesting a boy in the 1990s. Also in late December, the Archdiocese of New York suspended an elderly priest who had been celebrating Mass in two states despite settlements paid for allegations of sexual abuse of teenage boys.(CNS illustration/Tyler Orsburn)

Pennsylvania priest sent to prison after guilty plea in abuse case

Dennis Sadowski
December 28, 2018
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A priest who once served in the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to prison for sexually molesting a boy in the 1990s.

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