I have trouble talking about the loss without tearing up, as if the smoke and ash from Los Angeles traveled across the country to find me.

The official told an assembly of Catholic journalists that his investigators and the press "share the same goal, which is the protection of minors, and we have the same wish to leave the world a little better than how we found it."

When the bishops gather in Baltimore June 11-14, their meeting will be anything but pro forma.

A sound communications strategy that engages Catholic media leaders will pay great dividends for the church.