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National Review Board expects to push bishops on abuse accountability
On: 11/13/2018, Dennis Sadowski , In: Nation
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Members of the National Review Board see their work as one way to continue challenging the U.S. bishops "not to back down" from efforts to improve accountability in responding to clergy sexual abuse, said board chairman Francesco Cesareo. "This ...

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National Review Board expects to push bishops on abuse accountability
On: 11/13/2018, Dennis Sadowski , In: Nation
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Members of the National Review Board see their work as one way to continue challenging the U.S. bishops "not to back down" from efforts to improve accountability in responding to clergy sexual abuse, said board chairman Francesco Cesareo. "This ...

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Cesareo fears for church future if more action not taken on abuse
On: 11/13/2018, The Boston Pilot , In: Nation
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops gave a standing ovation Nov. 13 to Francesco Cesareo, chairman of the National Review Board, for his report on the widening abuse crisis in the church and his calls for more action from them to address the abuse. Cesareo, ...

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Gobsmacked: Rome steps in, reform votes delayed
On: 11/13/2018, Greg Erlandson , In: Nation
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Seasoned bishop watchers know that just about every fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has a surprise. Sometimes it's an election result. Sometimes it is the debate you never expected. Sometimes it's that there's ...

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Pope names Archbishop Scicluna adjunct secretary of CDF
On: 11/13/2018, Cindy Wooden , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis named Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, arguably the Catholic Church's most respected abuse investigator, to be adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Announcing ...

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Vatican asks USCCB to delay vote on sex abuse response proposals
On: 11/12/2018, Dennis Sadowski , In: Nation
BALTIMORE (CNS) -- At the urging of the Vatican, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will not vote on two proposals they were to discuss at their Baltimore meeting regarding their response to the clergy sex abuse crisis. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo ...

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Bishops' abuse response must trump all other issues, advisory group says

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- A group that has been advising the U.S. bishops for 50 years on multiple issues chose to speak to the bishops in Baltimore Nov. 13 on just one issue: the clergy sexual abuse crisis itself and ways to move forward from it.

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Members of the National Review Board see their work as one way to continue challenging the U.S. bishops "not to back down" from efforts to improve accountability in responding to clergy sexual abuse, said board chairman Francesco Cesareo.

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The U.S. bishops gave a standing ovation Nov. 13 to Francesco Cesareo, chairman of the National Review Board, for his report on the widening abuse crisis in the church and his calls for more action from them to address the abuse.

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- Seasoned bishop watchers know that just about every fall meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has a surprise. Sometimes it's an election result. Sometimes it is the debate you never expected. Sometimes it's that there's no debate.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis named Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, arguably the Catholic Church's most respected abuse investigator, to be adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened a Day of Prayer at the Fall Bishops General Assembly Nov. 12, John McKeon was the first to walk a path along Aliceanna Street outside the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, just after 9 a.m.