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Ozark Catholic Academy in Tontitown held its opening day ribbon-cutting the first day of classes Thursday, Aug. 16. (Photo)
VATICAN CITY -- “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.”
WASHINGTON -- 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.
Q. My daughter is married and has four children. Her husband is not a Catholic, but he often attends Mass. But at Christmas time, when they are visiting his parents, they all go together to the Lutheran church. (Question Corner, Seeds of Faith)
Earlier this month Pope Francis approved new language to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which takes an even firmer position in opposition to the death penalty. (Columns)
When Catholic News Service posted a short video of the Pennsylvania attorney general’s Aug. 14 news conference announcing a grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in six dioceses, its editors had to add a warning about the graphic language viewers would hear. (Guest Commentary)
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