Gerry told me this week, “I think it’s difficult to convey the long-term consequences that could emerge from this visit.”

We feel regret when we recognize that are past behaviors were too small, too defensive, too rooted in our own selves.

The Vatican on Wednesday clarified comments by Pope Francis about a case of what he called "sexual slavery" within a French congregation of nuns.

Pope Francis has downplayed expectations about the Feb. 21-24 summit at the Vatican on the sexual abuse crisis, but many hope it is a step toward a system with more accountability.

On Feb. 2, Santos Gaspar Romero Galdamez, the younger brother of Salvadoran Archbishop St. Oscar Romero, died in San Salvador, El Salvador.