John Allen has the story at NCR In the latest chapter of the Vatican rsquo s attempt to come to grips with the sexual abuse crisis the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is expected to release a set of changes to the church rsquo s rules for meting out ecclesiastical discipline against abu

Pope Benedict XVI s 16-19 September visit to the UK is firmly back on the tracks after three months of confusion following a change in government and seemingly endless changes to the timetable At least that s how it seemed yesterday at the Foreign Office where the Archbishop of Westminster Vince

Cambridge MA I am just back from a month of travels and offer that as my excuse for being absent from In All Things these past weeks Nothing exotic mdash academic conferences and seminars in Chicago Cleveland Atlanta mdash but then off to Dublin Ireland for lectures at the Irish School o

Today the New York Times featured a front-page story on the response of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to the sexual abuse crisis during the time when Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was prefect nbsp For me the most nbsp surprising part of the article called Church Office Failed to A

ldquo While the crash only took place six months ago I am convinced we have now passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources intelligence and character of the people of the United States mdash that

In case you missed the Bustedhalo com talk on Summer Spirituality nbsp The Q amp A at the end around the one-hour mark was a nbsp especially fun