
Remembering Benedict XVI: Pope of the Head — and the Heart
Church leaders and thinkers consider his prodigious legacy of faith.
Church leaders and thinkers consider his prodigious legacy of faith.
Cardinal O’Malley, 78, has been a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin since 1965. Padre Pio, one of the 20th century’s most beloved saints, was also a Capuchin friar.
Boston Cardinal Seán O’Malley is president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
In his opening remarks, Cardinal O’Malley said that the “betrayal of sexual abuse” is a “terrible and devastating violation of human dignity.”
COMMENTARY: Much of the recent history of the Catholic Church in the United States can be told in the lives of these two men, who were both ordained Aug. 29, 1970.
The results of the Vatican’s investigation of Theodore McCarrick should be published by early 2020, Boston shepherd told U.S. bishops on Monday.
In St. Peter’s Basilica, Boston cardinal asked American bishops to pray for the grace to make a profession of faith, hope and love.
Boston is the second archdiocese to announce such a system.
COMMENTARY: The Feb. 21-24 meeting takes the view that bishops who think as the Pope wishes them to think about their role as shepherds will then do the right thing in tackling sex abuse.
Boston prelate takes over from Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who served in the position for eight years.
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