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After meeting with pope, cardinal hopeful about addressing crisis

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston struck a determinedly hopeful tone after his long-awaited meeting with Pope Francis to discuss the growing sexual abuse crisis in the United States. “I myself am filled with hope,” he said, “but I also realize all these things might take purpose and time.” The cardinal spoke following […] Full Story

• Love breaks chains of slavery to sin, pope says

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
  Published September 20, 2018

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Only true love for God and neighbor can destroy the chains of greed, lust, anger and envy that enslave humankind, Pope Francis said. “True love is true freedom: It detaches from possession, rebuilds relationships, it knows how to welcome and value the neighbor, it transforms every struggle into a joyous gift and makes […] Full Story

• Listening church: Pope gives new vision for Synod of Bishops

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published September 20, 2018

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The Synod of Bishops increasingly should be a structure for listening to the Catholic faithful, demonstrating a local bishop’s concern for the entire church and a means of expressing all the bishops’ unity with the pope, Pope Francis said. Replacing Blessed Paul VI’s 1965 document that established the Synod of Bishops and building […] Full Story

• U.S. bishops tell pope abuse scandal ‘lacerated’ the church

  

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published September 16, 2018

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference said they shared with Pope Francis how the church in the United States has been “lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse.” “He listened very deeply from the heart,” said a statement released after the meeting Sept. 13. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the U.S. […] Full Story