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San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse
By Olga R. Rodriguez — August 22, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sex abuse victims criticized the bankruptcy filing, calling it a ploy to keep information hidden.
Playing chicken over debt and spending bills
By Thomas Reese — May 23, 2023
(RNS) — Would that Congress could look seriously at government programs to make them better and more efficient rather than grandstanding for the media and their partisan base.
Will Congress keep hanging humanity on the Pentagon’s iron cross?
By Bridget Moix — April 3, 2023
(RNS) — For 2024, President Biden requested the largest military budget in history — $886 billion.
Maryland probe finds 158 abusive priests, over 600 victims
By Brian Witte — November 18, 2022
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) — David Lorenz, the Maryland leader of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, described the news of the report and numbers of victims as “absolutely horrendous."
St. Sabina stands by Chicago priest Rev. Michael Pfleger amid second set of abuse allegations
By Bob Smietana — October 17, 2022
(RNS) — Church leaders dismissed the new allegations against him as a spiritual attack.
Inflation boosts demand at food banks as pandemic anti-hunger measures fall away
By Haley Barker, Riley Farrell, and Marika Proctor — July 6, 2022
(RNS) — While President Biden recently signed the Keep Kids Fed Act, extending free meal programs for schoolchildren, many stopgaps funded during the pandemic have ended or are only available in some states.
40 years in the making: A timeline of the Southern Baptists’ sexual abuse crisis
By Adelle M. Banks — May 23, 2022
(RNS) — Controversy over the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual abuse began long before 2000, when a new, scathing report takes up the story.
Catholic bishops oppose some Biden programs, support others
By Thomas Reese — January 26, 2022
(RNS) — The bishops support administration programs for immigrants, the poor and the environment, while fighting to end abortions and to protect their institutions from what they see as illegitimate interference.
Time for some good news for the poor
By Jim Wallis — March 9, 2021
(RNS) — The American Recovery Plan is 'good news for the poor' in the midst of a global pandemic — which should cheer Christians in both parties.
Can Catholic bishops work with the Biden administration?
By Thomas Reese — January 29, 2021
(RNS) — Reports suggest that the US bishops are ready to wage war on the new administration, but there are many areas where the bishops' and Biden's agendas converge.
Unequal suffering: Here’s how Congress should help
By Jim Wallis — May 1, 2020
(RNS) — While each of us has borne a variety of new burdens and dangers during this pandemic, those burdens are by no means distributed equally.
An accused pastor’s suicide: The pain we see and the pain we don’t
By Christa Brown — November 5, 2019
(RNS) — When the Rev. Bryan Fulwider, an accused rapist, ended his life, he didn't end the pain his alleged victim feels. To the contrary, it may well bring greater hurt.
California lawmakers threaten to break confidentiality of confession to find abusers
By Jack Jenkins — May 31, 2019
(RNS) — The bill extends the debate over 'clergy-penitent privilege' provoked by similar provisions passed or considered in other states since at least 2002.
Remembering Gary Hayes, a Catholic priest who held his church to account on abuse
By David Clohessy — April 8, 2019
(RNS) — Gary educated hundreds of thousands, enabling them to quickly see that the church's evolving policies were more about public relations and less about real reform.
At sex abuse summit, Catholic bishops tangle with details
By Jack Jenkins — February 22, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — "We have to be respectful … of their concerns, but, at the same time, make sure that does not allow for a justification of secrecy,” Cardinal Blase Cupich said.
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