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Marian Catholic sister's pregame first pitch wows crowd, online world

Not only is Dominican Sister Mary Jo Sobieck a nun, she's also an internet sensation.

Abuse victims' outcry more powerful than efforts to silence them, pope says

"No effort must be spared" to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and "to prevent the possibility of their being covered up," Pope Francis said in a letter addressed "to the people of God." "I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons," the pope wrote in the letter dated and released Aug. 20.

Vatican calls for accountability for abusers, those who protected them

In the wake of a grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in six dioceses in Pennsylvania, a Vatican spokesman called the abuses described in the report as being "criminal and morally reprehensible."

Englewood school celebrates first responders

Members of the Chicago Police Department joined the Academy of St. Benedict the African, located in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood, for its third annual end-of-summer barbecue Aug. 8, 2018 to thank the first responders.

Bishops announce plan to address 'moral catastrophe' of abuse

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Aug. 16 announced three key goals and a comprehensive plan to address the "moral catastrophe" of the new abuse scandal hitting the U.S. church.

Pennsylvania grand jury says church was interested in hiding abuse

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

A Jesuit priest who has been on the frontline of advocating for survivors of clerical sexual abuse and developing detailed programs to prevent abuse 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.

Pope codifies change on death-penalty teaching, prepares for Ireland visit

Pope Francis’ revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church declaring the death penalty “inadmissible” in all circumstances, announced Aug. 2, should not have come as a huge surprise.

Vacation Bible school teaches about different vocations

For the children at the Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest, this year’s summer offering had a bit of a twist. Instead of vacation Bible school, the children spent a week in vocation Bible school, learning about the vocations of marriage and priesthood and religious life.

Superintendent looks forward to upcoming academic year

As parents and children shop for school supplies and teachers prepare their classrooms for the coming school year, Chicago Catholic asked Jim Rigg, superintendent of Catholic schools, what his hopes and expectations are for the 2018-2019 academic year.
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