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- Pope says he’s excited to return to Ireland to celebrate families
  
  As he prepared to travel to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families, Pope Francis said he hoped his visit would "remind us all of the essential place of the family in the life of society and...
- Pope: No ‘rupture’ in ‘Amoris,’ which is rooted in ‘classical doctrine’ of Aquinas
  
  In the preface to a new book, Pope Francis insists that his family treatise "Amoris Laetitia" does not represent a "rupture" with previous teaching and that it's based on the...
- Vatican confirms pope will meet abuse survivors in Ireland
  
  Pope Francis will meet survivors of sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland Aug. 25-26, but it will be up to the survivors to decide whether any information about the meeting will be released, said...
Catholic News Service
- Archbishops call for 'penance, purification' to rebuild, renew church
  
  By LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said penance and purification is needed to rebuild the U.S. Catholic Church and respond to the abuse crisis. He stressed the importance of strong...
- Victims call for federal investigation of sex abuse in Catholic Church
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Some victims of clergy sex abuse and their supporters are calling on federal and state entities to investigate sex abuse within the...
- CUA head sees laity as key to renewal in scandal-marred church
  
  IMAGE: CNS Photo/ courtesy of The Catholic University of America By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In an Aug. 18 letter to students and staff at The Catholic University of America, its president, John Garvey...
National Catholic Register
- How to Stay Faithful as We Endure and Confront the Crisis
  
  By Fr. Roger Landry | Two weeks ago, I wrote a column attempting to respond to many of the questions friends and reporters had about the crisis of sexual infidelity among clergy. Since that...
- Safeguarding Commission Member: Bishops’ Role in Crisis Must Be Acknowledged
  
  By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA/EWTN News | VATICAN CITY — A member of Pope Francis’ Commission for the Protection of Minors said Tuesday that the role bishops and superiors have played in the...
- The Practical Beauty of Confession
  
  By Fr. Dwight Longenecker | Some time ago I was speaking at a large Catholic conference and the organizers had put some time for confession into the program, so I joined with the other priests and...
- There’s No Hell Like a Priest’s Hell — So Pray for Guilty Prelates
  
  By John Clark | With the current deluge of sexual allegations against high-ranking prelates, the faith of many Catholics has been terribly shaken. Ralph Martin recently commented that he had...
- Remembering Paul VI 40 Years After His Death
  
  By Ines Murzaku | Forty years ago, on August 6, 1978, on the Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus, in Castel Gandolfo near Rome, Blessed Paul VI returned to the house of the Father. The Holy Father...