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It’s been nearly a year now since we learned about the heinous deeds of once-Cardinal McCarrick and then sat, washed over by grief and anger, reading the Pennsylvania attorney general’s report of decades of abuse of children by priests. At once heartbroken and infuriated, Catholics in the United States have grappled with the reality of disappointment, disillusionment and distrust. We have waited for words that make sense of what has happened and set a tone for the future.
St. Anthony of Padua Church in Falls Church celebrated its namesake’s feast day June 13 with a bilingual Mass.
The U.S. bishops June 12 gave a provisional OK to development of a new set of strategic priorities to guide the work of their conference from 2021 through 2024.
As the U.S. bishops have developed their response to the renewed clergy sexual abuse crisis over the last year, Bishop Steven R. Biegler of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has reflected long and hard on what that response should entail.
The U.S. bishops voted June 13 to revise what the U.S. church teaches its adult members about the death penalty in a passage on the issue in the U.S. Catechism for Adults.
The U.S. bishops approved a plan to implement the "motu proprio" "Vos Estis Lux Mundi" ("You are the light of the world") issued in May by Pope Francis to help the Catholic Church safeguard its members from abuse and hold its leaders accountable.
The U.S. bishops approved a 10-point statement, "Affirming Our Episcopal Commitments," June 13 during their general meeting in Baltimore in which the bishops hope to regain "the trust of the people of God."
The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a measure that would enable bishops to apply restrictions in the life and ministry of retired bishops accused of sexual abuse or who failed to take necessary measures to prevent abuse.
A nationwide third-party system for receiving confidential reports of "certain complaints" against bishops took a step closer to being implemented during the spring general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.



A thirst for mercy and peace
The celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit should be full of inspiration and life. It stands to reason that a day dedicated to the dynamic and active Spirit of God would include multiple possibilities from Scripture to be read at Mass. There are three possibilities when it comes to the Gospel passage. There is a passage for the Vigil Mass from John 7. On Sunday during the day, there is a “dealer’s choice” between John 20 and John 14.