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Bishop J. Mark Spalding takes part in the November meeting of the USCCB over an internet based connection from his desk in the Catholic Pastoral Center in Nashville, TN on Monday, 16 November 2020. Bishops are participating in the Fall meeting by virtual connections because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bishops, in virtual meeting, focus on McCarrick report, pandemic, racism

"Our mission is to heal the world,” Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the United States, told the bishops.

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Read more about the article In gathering for U.S. bishops like no other, annual meeting goes online
Bishop J. Mark Spalding takes part in the November meeting of the USCCB over an internet based connection from his desk in the Catholic Pastoral Center in Nashville, TN on Monday, 16 November 2020. Bishops are participating in the Fall meeting by virtual connections because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In gathering for U.S. bishops like no other, annual meeting goes online

Bishops will meet virtually Nov. 16-17, and are expected to discuss McCarrick report, youth protection, pastoral responses to COVID-19 pandemic and racism

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Read more about the article At audience, pope renews commitment to fight abuse
Pope Francis leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Nov. 11, 2020. A day after the Vatican released its extensive report on former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the pope renewed the Catholic Church's pledge to uproot the scourge of sexual abuse. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

At audience, pope renews commitment to fight abuse

"I renew my closeness to all victims of every form of abuse and the church's commitment to eradicate this evil," he said.

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Read more about the article Report’s X-ray look into U.S. abuse scandal digs up pain, hope in transparency
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore welcomes pro-lifers in Annapolis, Md., March 4, 2019, during his opening prayer for the Maryland March for Life. (CNS photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review) See MARYLAND-MARCH-LIFE March 11, 2019.

Report’s X-ray look into U.S. abuse scandal digs up pain, hope in transparency

WASHINGTON. The Catholic Church’s unusual transparency in a report detailing the ascent to power of former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, despite top Church officials’ knowledge of his sexual abuses,…

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Read more about the article USCCB president apologizes to clergy abuse victims as McCarrick report is released
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, celebrates Mass at the new Mission Basilica San Buenaventura in Ventura, Calif., July 15, 2020. "Please know that my brother bishops and I are committed to doing whatever is in our power to help you move forward and to ensure that no one suffers what you have been forced to suffer," he said to abuse victims after release of the McCarrick Report. (CNS photo/Colton Machado, courtesy Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

USCCB president apologizes to clergy abuse victims as McCarrick report is released

Findings of the report mark “another tragic chapter” in Church’s efforts to confront sexual abuse by clergy, says Archbishop Gomez

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Read more about the article Vatican report reveals omissions in Archbishop Vigano’s ‘testimony’
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, talks with a U.S. bishop during the bishops' meeting in Baltimore in this Nov. 13, 2012, file photo. A Vatican report about former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick states that Archbishop Vigano did not follow instructions in 2012 to conduct an inquiry into allegations by a priest who claimed he was sexually assaulted by McCarrick. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)

Vatican report reveals omissions in Archbishop Vigano’s ‘testimony’

Vatican report reveals omissions in ‘testimony’ of Archbishop Vigano, who called for pope’s resignation over handling of McCarrick allegations

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Read more about the article McCarrick report called needed step toward accountability, transparency
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore welcomes pro-lifers in Annapolis, Md., March 4, 2019, during his opening prayer for the Maryland March for Life. (CNS photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review) See MARYLAND-MARCH-LIFE March 11, 2019.

McCarrick report called needed step toward accountability, transparency

Report called a necessary step in understanding McCarrick’s rise in the Church despite rumors, allegations of sexual misconduct

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Read more about the article Fighting abuse: What Pope Francis has done during his pontificate
Pope Francis and church leaders from around the world attend a penitential liturgy during a meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 23, 2019. Pope Francis has issued numerous new laws and guidelines for handling accusations of clerical sexual abuse and its cover-up by church officials. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Fighting abuse: What Pope Francis has done during his pontificate

The pope has issued numerous new laws and guidelines for handling accusations of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups by Church officials

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