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Chicago-based Catholic Extension starts movement to share hope at difficult time for church

Catholic Extension has launched a new social media campaign called #WhyImCatholic to offer "hope and unity" for Catholics by inviting them to share their positive stories about faith and community "during this difficult chapter in the church."

St. Julie Billiart in Tinley Park hosts novena to heal the church of abuse

On Sept. 11, 2018, St. Julie Billiart Parish in Tinley Park hosted one of the novena Masses sponsored by Mundelein Seminary for the Healing of Our Church. The novena was held from Sept. 7 through Sept. 15 to unite Catholics in prayer for healing, justice and hope in light of the ongoing crisis within the Catholic Church.

Church plans third-party abuse reporting system, code of conduct

Pledging to "heal and protect with every bit of the strength God provides us," the U.S. bishops' Administrative Committee Sept. 19 outlined actions to address the abuse crisis, including approving the establishment of a third-party confidential reporting system for claims of any abuse by bishops.

‘We can never again abandon victim-survivors’

The following homily was delivered at the Sept. 15 Mass closing the Novena for the Healing of the Church at Holy Name Cathedral.

After meeting pope, cardinal says he’s hopeful about addressing crisis

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston struck a determinedly hopeful tone after his long-awaited meeting with Pope Francis to discuss the growing sexual abuse crisis in the United States.

Archdiocesan-wide novena prays for healing in church's abuse crisis

While it is naïve to think that prayer alone will heal the pain and sin of the current crisis in the Catholic Church related to clergy sexual abuse, works not rooted in prayer are doomed to fail, said Father John Kartje, rector of Mundelein Seminary, Sept. 15 at Holy Name Cathedral.

Abuse scandal 'lacerated' the church, U.S. bishops tell pope

The leaders of the U.S. bishops' conference said they shared with Pope Francis how the church in the United States has been "lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse."

Pope to convene world bishops' meeting on abuse prevention

Pope Francis is calling the presidents of every Catholic bishops' conference in the world to Rome Feb. 21-24 to discuss the prevention of the abuse of minors and vulnerable adults.

Pope: Satan is attacking bishops; they must fight with prayer

Bishops must remember, particularly when under attack, that their role is to pray, be humble in knowing God chose them and remain close to the people, Pope Francis said in his morning homily.

Clear response to abuse crisis is urgently needed, cardinal says

Responding quickly and appropriately to the problem of abuse must be a priority for the Catholic Church, said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
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