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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will focus efforts on restoring trust when it holds its annual fall assembly in Baltimore Nov. 12-14. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Archbishop Lori: During Baltimore meeting, U.S. bishops will work to restore trust

Christopher Gunty
October 30, 2018
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Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore said he expects the U.S. bishops to set aside most of their regular agenda for the annual fall meeting here Nov. 12-14. Instead, he thinks the bishops will open their meeting with extended prayer. “I think it’s the most foundational step. We have to take a day of reparation […]

Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, N.Y., is seen at the headquarters of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington Jan. 17. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Buffalo protocols for addressing abuse claims scrutinized by ’60 Minutes’

Catholic News Service
October 30, 2018
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How the Diocese of Buffalo handles cases of priests suspected of abuse was the subject of a report Oct. 28 by the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” which talked to a woman who leaked diocesan files on those priests to a local TV station.

Father John “Jack” Lombardi, shown in the summer of 2012 leading a 100-mile pilgrimage from Hancock to Baltimore, will lead a 50-mile “Pilgrimage for the Priesthood, in Penance and Prayer” from Emmitsburg to Baltimore Nov. 9-11. (CR File)

Baltimore Archdiocese priests to participate in 50-mile penitential pilgrimage

Paul McMullen
October 30, 2018
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Father John “Jack” Lombardi has led dozens of lengthy walking pilgrimages in Maryland and abroad, most promoting religious liberty. In response to the clergy abuse crisis, the Hancock-based pastor will lead a 50-mile “Pilgrimage for the Priesthood, in Penance and Prayer,” originating in Emmitsburg Nov. 9 and concluding in Baltimore Nov. 11.

Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, apostolic nuncio to the United States from 1990 to 1998, is pictured in his apartment at the Vatican Oct. 29, 2018. Cardinal Cacciavillan said he received a phone call from a woman in 1994 expressing concern about rumors about Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick's behavior with seminarians. He said he asked Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York to investigate but did not report the rumors to other Vatican officials. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

Former nuncio to U.S. heard rumors of McCarrick misconduct in 1994

Robert Duncan
October 29, 2018
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A former nuncio to the United States acknowledged hearing rumors about the sexual misconduct of Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick already in 1994.

Pope Francis greets synod observers during the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 28. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope apologizes to young people who have felt ignored by the church

Carol Glatz
October 29, 2018
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“Forgive us if often we have not listened to you; if, instead of opening our hearts, we have filled your ears. As Christ’s church, we want to listen to you with love” because young people’s lives are precious in God’s eyes and “in our eyes, too,” the pope said in his homily Oct. 28.

Cardinals and bishops attend the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 28. (CNS photo/Claudio Peri, pool via Reuters)

Church and world need young people’s involvement, synod fathers say

Carol Glatz
October 29, 2018
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Writing to the world’s young people, members of the Synod of Bishops said they wanted to encourage them and help them fulfill their dreams, and they prayed that their own failings would not drive the young from the church.

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