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Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope says he will not pre-judge Trump and that Marie Collins had some good reasons for her resignation from the sex abuse commission.
FaithNews
Maria Wiering - Catholic News Service
The Diocese of Crookston issued the statement in response to a lawsuit filed that day against the bishop and the diocese.
FaithShort Take
Lea Karen Kivi
Wheelchair ramps help disabled persons enter into a church building. There is a need for spiritual ramps to help the church to go in the other direction.
Ron Vasek, center, addresses a news conference along with his wife Patty, right, and attorney Jeff Anderson, left, on May 9, 2017 in St. Paul, Minn. Anderson announced a lawsuit against Bishop Michael Hoeppner of Crookston, Minn., accusing the bishop and diocese of concealing a report of abuse and threatening retaliation against Vasek if he went public. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Politics & SocietyNews
Steve Karnowski - Associated Press
His attorney said it's the first time a U.S. bishop has been sued individually for coercion.
Wilton Gregory in 2012 (CNS photo/ Michael Alexander, Georgia Bulletin)
FaithNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“It is the ugly face of clericalism that unfortunately still has too much influence in our church,” Archbishop Gregory said.
Pope Francis speaks at a conference organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican on Nov. 24. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout) 
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The promotion of Monsignor John Kennedy to head of the discipline section of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith was the second abuse-related appointment in recent days.