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IN PHOTOS IN BRIEF IN QUOTES Ven. Fulton Sheen miracle approved “It is true, there are At a July 5 audience with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, hard times, times of prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Francis formally approved a miracle attributed to the cross, but nothing the intercession of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, mov- can destroy the su- ing him one step closer to beatification. On Sept. 15, pernatural joy, which 2010, Bonnie Engstrom of Washington, Illinois, went adapts, transforms into labor with her son, James Fulton. James was con- and always remains.” sidered stillborn, so Bonnie prayed for the interces- — in a letter to sion of Fulton Sheen, to whom she had entrusted her “the pilgrim in pregnancy. After 61 minutes, just as emergency room Germany,” published by the personnel were about to pronounce him dead, James Vatican on June 29. began to breathe, and his heart rate shot up to a nor- mal level for a newborn. “It is truly amazing how God continues to work miracles,” said Peoria Bishop Daniel VATICAN: Pope Francis poses for a photo with Russian Presi- R. Jenky, who praised the Vatican’s swiftness to resume dent Vladimir Putin and his delegation during a private audi- Sheen’s cause for canonization after his remains had ence at the Vatican on July 4. The pope and president discussed been moved from New York to Peoria on June 27. the ongoing wars in Eastern Ukraine and in Syria. Russia plays a major role in both conflicts. Confession bill withdrawn MILESTONES In a last-minute twist, a Cali- “A society where fornia bill that would have Bishop R. Pierre required priests to break the DuMaine, the founding children are no longer sacramental seal of confession bishop of the Diocese being born is a soci- was shelved by its sponsor amid of San Jose, Calif., died a remarkable grassroots cam- June 13 after sev- ety where people no paign mounted by the state’s eral years of declining longer understand Catholics, members of other health. He was 87. faith groups, and religious lib- what makes life worth erty advocates from across the a young woman who disap- living.” country. S.B. Bill 360 was with- peared in 1983. Emanuela Or- drawn the day before a sched- landi, a resident — Archbishop José H. uled July 9 hearing in the Cali- and the daughter of a Vati- Gomez of Los Angeles on fornia Assembly Public Safety can employee, disappeared in the state of the family at the Committee, effectively remov- on June 22, 1983, when annual summer liturgy confer- ing it from any further consid- she was 15. The decision was ence hosted by the University eration this year. made in response to the re- of Notre Dame’s McGrath quest of Emanuela Orlandi’s Institute for Church Life. ST. ’S RELICS: Nine shards of bone believed to belong family due to “the possible to St. Peter lie inside a reliquary June 30. Pope Francis gave the Women in the Church Pope Francis named six supe- concealment of her cadaver reliquary to the Orthodox Bartholomew of Constanti- in the small cemetery located nople. The bone fragments were discovered during excavations riors of women’s religious or- ders, a consecrated laywoman within Vatican City State.” “I was cured through of the necropolis under St. Peter’s Basilica that began in the The tombs were to be opened 1940s. The only time the bronze reliquary has been displayed and the of the De La Newman’s interces- Salle Christian Brothers to be by police July 11 in the pres- publicly was in November 2013, when Pope Francis made it full members of the Congre- ence of the Orlandi family sion so that I could available for public veneration as he celebrated the closing Mass gation for Institutes of Con- and family members of the for the Year of Faith. secrated Life and Societies of people buried there. continue an ordinary Apostolic Life. Previously, the life, if you will, but members had all been men: Conscience rule delayed BY THE NUMBERS cardinals, a few and The U.S. Department of at the same time be several priests who were su- Health and Human Services completely devoted TIME SPENT ALONE periors of large religious or- agreed in a July 1 court fil- ders of men. The pope also ing to postpone implemen- An analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the to him and especially named the superior generals tation of a new conscience Pew Research Center shows that Americans ages 60 and older of five religious orders and protection rule “because it is God himself and our are spending more than half their waking hours alone — about 7 one president as full the most efficient way to -ad Church.” hours on average. This increases for those who live alone. members of the congregation, judicate the final rule on the as well as five bishops and merits.” Under the rule, which — Melissa Villalobos of Chi- Daily time spent alone was to have taken effect July cago, who’s miraculous healing (hours:minutes) of all measured four cardinals. 22, medical workers or insti- in 2013 has been accepted as time, among those ages 60+: tutions would not have to pro- the final miracle needed for Vatican to open tombs vide, participate in or pay for ◗ Living alone: 10:33 The Vatican City State tribu- procedures they object to on the cause for canonization of ◗ Living with a spouse: 5:12 nal has ordered the opening of moral or religious grounds, Blessed John Henry Newman. two tombs in a small Vatican Pope Francis announced July 1 ◗ Other arrangement: 7:46 such as abortion and steriliza- cemetery at the request of the tion. President Donald Trump that he will declare Newman a family of Emanuela Orlandi, announced the rule May 2. saint on Oct. 13. CNS, Pew Research Center 4 JULY 21-27, 2019 NEWS ANALYSIS OUR SUNDAY VISITOR CLERGY ABUSE CRISIS The grand jury report: Progress made?

A picture emerges of the struggles of an abuse crisis whose causes, solutions were misunderstood NELSON REPORT By Russell Shaw Additional conclusions of the As the first anniversary nears of a grand jury report grand jury report that paints a lurid picture of sex abuse by Catholic priests ◗ Abusers were age 30-60 when in Pennsylvania over the last seven de- they first abused, their ages quite cades, other studies dispute the grand evenly distributed. jury’s charge that bishops did nothing about the problem. The picture that ◗ Few men (11 total in the 6 emerges instead is one of people strug- dioceses, and zero of 112 in Pitts- gling to with a crisis whose causes burgh) who were eventually abus- and solutions were little understood at ers were ordained since 1990. the time. ◗ The author of one such study, John Many eventual abusers started Nelson, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, doing so in the first years after cautions against a rush to judge “those ordination. The report has no who tried to deal with the painfully dif- information about their behavior ficult issues of sexual abuse at a time before seminary, since they were when those issues were not well under- not under Church supervision. stood, greatly feared and widely avoided ◗ throughout society.” The rapid decline in new abuse incidents after 1990 has persisted Meanwhile, attorneys general in 20 Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh addresses the media at the pastoral center through 2018. Few recent inci- other states are said to be conducting or in Pittsburgh on Aug. 14, 2018. CNS photo/Chuck Austin, Pittsburgh Catholic considering probes like that in Pennsyl- dents have been alleged since vania. olic magazine Commonweal published a of abuse in the six dioceses shows that then, though many new allegations In some places, matters have taken 12,500-word critique by Peter Steinfels, starting in the 1940s and gradually ris- about the peak period continue a bizarre turn. In California, efforts a veteran journalist who was senior re- ing, incidents increased from a few per to be made. Allegations of abuse are underway to enact a law requir- ligion reporter for The New York Times. year to about 15 annually in the 1960s for more recent events have been ing priests to report information about He concluded that the Pennsylvania re- and close to 30 annually in the 1970s. made more promptly, so unreport- abuse they obtain in confession. port was “inaccurate, unfair, and funda- After peaking at 58 in 1980, the annual ed recent abuses seem unlikely. In Dallas, 40 law enforcement offi- mentally misleading” in failing to take total declined, falling to fewer than five cers, some wearing ski masks and carry- into account “significant differences” in per year since 2000. ◗ The historical causes of the rapid ing SWAT gear, raided diocesan offices how different dioceses and their bishops The victims, he writes, were “mostly increase, and then the rapid de- and a warehouse in May demanding responded to abuse allegations. boys” between the ages of 10 and 15, cline, in clergy sexual abuse of mi- documents on sex abuse. Bishop Edward Of the frequently quoted claim that while most of the priests who abused nors, are probably many. I propose J. Burns said the diocese already had Church authorities did nothing about were born before 1950. that those who were close to those handed over all it had, and the diocese abuse except conceal it, Steinfels wrote: A maximum of 1.1% of all priests events should write their memoirs simply didn’t have the documents police “This ugly, indiscriminate and inflam- in the six dioceses abused in any given for future historians to ponder. My were looking for. matory charge, unsubstantiated by the year, and in most years the rate was half observations and hypotheses are Appearing in mid-August last year report’s own evidence, to say nothing of that. “Put positively,” Nelson says, “99% drawn out at the end of this article. hard on the heels of disclosures of sexual the evidence the report ignores, is truly of priests did not abuse in any given year, misconduct by former cardinal Theo- unworthy of a judicial body responsible and 94% had never done so.” Among the From the Dr. John Nelson report dore McCarrick, the Pennsylvania re- for impartial justice.” abusers, about one-third were implicat- at https://drjohnpnelson.com/stud- port together with coverage by media ed in a single incident. ies_grand_jury_report/ fed the impression that sexual abuse of Ignorance of the problem Nelson suggests that the rise of abuse children by Catholic priests was wide- Nelson takes a different tack in his by priests before 1980 is explained large- spread and continuing. study. Nelson trained in psychiatry at ly by the impact of “lifestyle” changes tioned by the ignorance that prevailed the Harvard Medical School, graduat- in secular culture along with “doctrinal among medical professionals and the Significant differences ing in 1967. He worked and taught resi- and moral confusion” in the Church. confused relationship between church The report, spearheaded by Pennsyl- dents there for seven more years, then Starting in the 1960s, he writes, “All and civil authorities. So it was not sur- vania Attorney General Joshua Shapiro, worked and taught at the University of legal restraint of sexually explicit mate- prising that the first attempts to address said that in the last 70 years more than Pittsburgh for 12 years before entering rial was forgone, even when it depicted the situation were neither coherent nor 300 priests had abused more than 1,000 private practice. In 1992, he was asked ‘man-boy love’ and other forms of child consistent.” minors in the dioceses of Allentown, to serve on a committee established by abuse. … The general culture was satu- Nelson attributes the steep decline in Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pitts- the Pittsburgh diocese to help formulate rated with sexual images and ideas, usu- abuse occurring in the last two decades burgh and Scranton. The Philadelphia policies and procedures for dealing with ally depicted as being sophisticated and to educational efforts by the Church di- archdiocese and the Diocese of Altoona- sex abuse. liberated or liberating.” rected to clergy and laity, legal changes Johnstown were covered in earlier grand He attributes much of the inadequa- In an op-ed article in the Pittsburgh and clarifications, fear of prosecution, jury reports. cy of early efforts to grapple with the Post-Gazette, Nelson said initial failures and “pressure from the bishop and other The New York Times set the tone in problem to the influence of Sigmund by Church authorities and others to deal to leave the ministry.” its first story on the report, highlight- Freud, who regarded children’s claims of effectively with abuse should be evalu- To learn more, John Nelson’s study, ing a version of what happened that was having been abused as “fantasies” aris- ated in the context of widespread igno- entitled “PA Grand Jury Report on Cler- lifted from the text: “Priests were raping ing from “strong emotional conflicts.” rance about the problem. gy Sexual Abuse,” is available at https:// little boys and girls, and the men of God Freud’s view was adopted and taught by “When the abuse cases of the early drjohnpnelson.com/studies_grand_ who were responsible for them did noth- most psychoanalysts who dominated the 1980s became public,” he wrote, “some jury_report. ing; they hid it all. For decades.” field into the 1970s, he says. bishops and other clergy tried desper- That account went largely unchal- Drawing on data in the grand jury re- ately to do the right thing, as they did Russell Shaw is a contributing editor for lenged until last January, when the Cath- port, Nelson’s analysis of the trajectory in Pittsburgh, but they also were condi- OSV Newsweekly. OUR SUNDAY VISITOR NEWS ANALYSIS JULY 21-27, 2019 5 CLERGY ABUSE CRISIS Rebuilding the trust of Catholics in Pennsylvania In the year since the release of the state’s grand jury report, Erie bishop says abuse crisis ‘is not something we can or should put behind us’ By Brian Fraga edge the evil done, and it can help survi- Millions of dollars have been paid out to vors as a rectifying greater peace in their sex abuse victims. Dioceses have released lives,” Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. lists of credibly accused priests, imple- Chaput said in a video message shared on mented child-protection policies and con- an archdiocesan website. ducted listening sessions across the state. According to an interim report posted Meanwhile, a federal investigation is online, at least 167 people to date in the ongoing. Archdiocese of Philadelphia have filed “My faith is not shaken, but my confi- claims with the independent compensa- dence in the American bishops, except for tion program. The archdiocese said it has a notable few, is at an all-time low,” Lea paid or authorized to pay $19.63 million Hyland, a practicing lay Catholic who lives to 93 claimants, for an average payment of outside of Philadelphia, told Our Sunday just over $211,000 per claimant. Visitor. The archdiocese said the review com- A lot has happened in Pennsylvania’s mittee considers the number of people scandal-plagued since who have filed claims as evidence that the the state attorney general’s grand jury re- compensation program “has been operat- port last summer unveiled a decades-long ing effectively and in accordance with its pattern where 301 priests were alleged to intended purpose.” But while some may have sexually assaulted more than 1,000 see the program as a good-faith measure children, with their crimes covered up by Bishop Lawrence T. Persico of Erie, Pa., speaks with Jim VanSickle of Pitts- of reparation, others see it as a way for the the bishops. burgh, who told a Pennsylvania grand jury he was molested by a priest when he dioceses to limit their financial liability to was a teenager in Bradford, Pa. CNS photo/Chaz Muth survivors. A work in progress “The optics to us are that they want to “The intensity of the emotion that un- SUMMARY OF THE GRAND JURY REPORT FINDINGS put the money forward to hush the vic- derstandably came forth when the report tims,” said Mike McDonnell, a clergy sex was released has tapered off. But it’s a work ◗ 301 Catholic priests identified as predator priests who sexually abused children abuse survivor who leads the Philadelphia in progress. There still is a great deal of while serving in active ministry in the Church. chapter of the Survivors Network of Those healing that needs to come about,” said Abused by Priests. ◗ Bishop Lawrence T. Persico of Erie, Penn- Detailed accounts of over 1,000 children victimized by predator priests, with the McDonnell told OSV that if bishops sylvania. grand jury noting it believed the real number of victims was in the “thousands.” really want to “come clean,” they need to Bishop Persico, who has personally met open their diocesan archives completely ◗ Senior Church officials, including bishops, monsignors and others, knew about with clergy sex abuse survivors, told OSV to outside investigators and be accountable the abuse committed by priests, but routinely covered it up to avoid scandal, crimi- that the impact of the abuse crisis has been for all that truly happened. broad, affecting victims as well as Catho- nal charges against priests and monetary damages to the dioceses. McDonnell encouraged Church lead- lics in the pews and priests of integrity. Source: attorneygeneral.gov/report ers in Pennsylvania to support legisla- “This crisis is not something that (we) tion that would expand the state’s civil can or should put behind us,” said Bishop statute of limitation laws to allow vic- Persico, who was the only bishop to testify archeparchies in Pennsylvania, seeking to the grand jury report. Those steps in- tims to file claims in decades-old cases. in front of the grand jury. “It’s something years of internal Church records. Authori- clude releasing the names of credibly ac- A bill to amend the statute of limitations that will affect and inform us from this day ties have not released many details of that cused priests, creating new executive-level passed the Pennsylvania House of Rep- forward.” investigation. curial positions responsible for abuse pre- resentatives last September but subse- Though some have raised questions “Even if you haven’t actually laid eyes on vention programs, answering the faithful’s quently died in the state Senate. about its methodology and intent, there is the grand jury report, you’ve heard about questions in public listening sessions, as “We’re going to help make this an issue no denying the impact that the 884-page it. It’s been in all of our papers, not just in well as the bishops reaffirming their dedi- in the 2020 elections,” McDonnell said. grand jury report, released by the Penn- Philadelphia but all throughout the state,” cation to zero-tolerance policies and meet- sylvania attorney general on Aug. 14, 2018, said Hayes, who shares some of the mis- ing with victims. Rebuilding trust has had, not only on the Church in the givings that veteran religion reporter Peter “We also are continuing our work with Meanwhile, Catholics such as Pamela Keystone State, but in the entire country. Steinfels expressed about the report in a investigators regarding older allegations Mayberry of Cranberry Township, which More than a dozen states’ attorneys January article in Commonweal magazine. that have been brought forth,” said Bishop is about 22 miles north of Pittsburgh, are general have since launched their own “I thought the report was a little incom- Persico, who added that sex abuse survi- still attending Mass and being active in probes into clergy sex abuse cases and set plete. There was a lot more that could have vors in the Diocese of Erie have until Aug. parish life, even if they are more skeptical up telephone hotlines for victims. Coupled been said but wasn’t,” said Hayes, who told 15 to apply to its Independent Survivors about their bishops. with last summer’s revelations that former OSV that any Catholic parish or organi- Reparation Fund. “It didn’t shake my religious faith, but cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually zation in Pennsylvania “that has even one it shook my trust in the bishops and the abused minors and seminarians for several child within a mile of it” now requires lay Compensation higher-ups,” Mayberry told OSV. “I was decades, the Church in the United States volunteers and employees to undergo a In a statement released through the just very disappointed in their leadership. has been in a defensive posture ever since. thorough, multi-session sex abuse preven- Pennsylvania Catholic Conference last It doesn’t look like they were as concerned “It certainly has affected the attitudes of tion training curriculum complete with September, the state’s Catholic bishops about their parishioners as they were about even committed Catholics. They are hop- background checks and fingerprinting. committed themselves to creating a com- their employees.” ping mad,” said Patrick Hayes, an archivist The dioceses require their priests to un- pensation program where a panel of inde- Rebuilding trust and bringing about for the Congregation of the Most Holy Re- dergo similar training. pendent experts review victim claims and healing, Bishop Persico said, will not hap- deemer — the Redemptorists — in Phila- “You have to jump through an awful lot determine financial damages. The dioceses pen overnight. delphia. of hoops,” Hayes said. “The trainings are have since posted information about the “It is going to take time,” he said. “This up and running and very comprehensive.” Independent Reconciliation and Compen- will remain a significant part of my work as Fallout An examination of the diocesan web- sation Program with accompanying videos bishop for the rest of my tenure.” Last October, federal prosecutors is- sites in Pennsylvania reveals a trove of in- and other materials on their own websites. sued subpoenas to all eight Roman Catho- formation where the dioceses lay out the “Money can’t buy back a person’s well- Brian Fraga is a contributing editor for OSV lic dioceses and the two Eastern Catholic various steps they have taken in response ness. ... But compensation can acknowl- Newsweekly. 6 JULY 21-27, 2019 FEATURE OUR SUNDAY VISITOR FAMILY SPIRITUALITY Symposium explores marriage, family life Theologians, social scientists, ral ministry, parenting adults frequently are invited to participate in formation to ministers seek to understand help them fulfill their role. issues facing domestic church “We say it all the time to them, ‘You are the primary catechists of your chil- By Michelle Martin dren,’” she said. “But they either don’t The Catholic Church has a rich the- know what that means or they think ology of marriage and family life, one they are completely unqualified.” that has been developed to a great extent Rubio said that when she has given since the . presentations at parishes about the eth- The ideas that families were created ics of family life, it can be a challenge to to be communities of love that exist to persuade people to attend. Some of the serve the Church and the world — and struggle is because families are busy, but not only by bringing forth and raising often it’s because people think they will children — isn’t one many Catholics be judged because they don’t have the hear very often, according to organizers perfect Catholic family. of a July 18-21 symposium at the Univer- “Maybe one parent isn’t Catholic, or sity of Notre Dame. A family prays during Mass at the of St. Matthew the Apostle in there was a divorce, or the kids don’t “If you told most Catholics that there’s want to go to church,” she said. Washington. CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard not much attention in the Church paid What pastoral ministries and families to families, people would say, ‘What?’ need to understand is what families are Because it’s the singles that get left out,” FAMILY SYMPOSIUM RESOURCES for: being communities of love that are said Julie Rubio, a professor of social The Catholic Family Symposium will work on practical resources to: open to new life, that serve the Church ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology and society and are the Church in their at Santa Clara University who will par- ◗ Increase understanding: Help parents and the family understand how to homes. ticipate in the symposium. “But I’m not live as a Catholic family. “It’s so much richer than two people sure how much deep reflection we get ◗ Understand how to pray: How families can fit their spiritual practices in staring into each other’s eyes and having on what it means to be a family, what the messy life of the family. Provide materials that outline spiritual practices date nights,” she said. it means to be a Catholic family, and is that fit with family life. that different than other families?” ◗ Understand how to evangelize: How the family can change the world Initiatives Those are some of the questions that working together as a family to make a difference. Not individual efforts, but as To help engender that understand- were to be discussed at the Catholic a family. The Christian mission is to build the kingdom. ing, Popcak said the symposium plans Family Life Symposium organized by to produce at least three new initiatives. Greg and Lisa Popcak of the Pastoral For more information on the Catholic Family Life Symposium, visit cflsymposium.org • The launch of the Peyton Institute Solutions Institute in collaboration with for Domestic Church Life, a “think/ the OSV Institute, Holy Cross Family • How can families be the primary talk about family ministry. do tank" that will sponsor original re- Ministries and the McGrath Institute for forges of intentional discipleship and He and Rubio were part of a 2006 search, conduct trainings and produce Church Life at Notre Dame. how can the Church empower Catholic symposium that addressed similar top- resources to facilitate the renewal of The invitation-only gathering in- parents to raise the next generation of ics. He and his wife, Sue, a licensed Catholic family life and a more vibrant cluded more than 30 internationally rec- intentional disciples? counselor and a pastoral minister at domestic-church-based spirituality. The ognized theologians, including Rubio, • How can the ministry to family life Good Shepherd Parish in Wayland, institute wants to work with Catholic along with social scientists and pastoral help families see themselves as the pri- Massachusetts, both are to participate in families who have raised their children ministry professionals from the United mary outposts of evangelization and the symposium at Notre Dame. to be Catholic adults, he said, so that it States, Canada and Australia. positive social change? “When it is done well, theology is can study what works. The disconnect between theologians about what God is doing in the world,” • The production of a book that will and pastoral ministers “is kind of a New Evangelization engine Tim Muldoon said. “It’s about the arc of explore the answers participants pro- problem that’s hidden in plain sight,” Popcak said part of the problem is history.” pose to the four critical questions. The Greg Popcak said. “There’s a lot of fairly that the Church hasn’t addressed fami- When it comes to the theology of book will be distributed to bishops high-level theology about the Catholic lies as they are. families and the role of laypeople, that and family-life ministers in the United vision of family life, but not much of that “The Church has tended to look at arc includes Blessed Cardinal John States, as well as being made available has trickled down to the practical level.” families as one monolithic group to Henry Newman, who was writing about for sale to the general public. At the same time, Rubio said, theo- minister to,” he said. the laity in the 19th century, the Second • Follow-up conferences and train- logians like her don’t often hear from But it will have to do a better job if Vatican Council, the work of Pope St. ings for interested people — including people working directly with families. families are to be “the engine of the New John Paul II and Pope Francis in Amoris pastors, family-life ministers and par- The group hopes to address four main Evangelization” as they are called to be. Laetitia, he said. ents — to give them the tools they need questions, Popcak said. They are: For that to happen, families will have to While theologians are trying to see to facilitate the renewal of Catholic fam- • Are Catholic families called to relate see themselves not only as people to be the bigger picture, pastoral ministers are ily life and create a revolution in the to each other and to the world differently ministered to, but as ministers to one often playing defense by working to help Catholic approach to family ministry. than other families? If so, what does that another and to the wider Church and families cope with issues as they arise. The Muldoons said that the need for look like, practically speaking? society. such a revolution is apparent. • Most of what is thought of as “Cath- “We’ve got good sources, but no one’s Intentionality “In a lot of ways living as a Catholic olic spirituality” is drawn from the mo- ever connected the dots,” Popcak said. Sue Muldoon said pastoral ministers family now makes you more isolated nastic and clerical tradition and doesn’t “What we are doing is not working. We and those living their vocation in fam- and radical than when it was more com- fit into messy family life. What does need to do better.” ily life can benefit from trying to see the mon,” Sue Muldoon said. an authentic, “domestic-church-based Tim Muldoon, a symposium partici- bigger picture. They can make sure their “Somebody’s got to do something,” spirituality” look like in practice? “If pant and assistant to the vice president families live with some intentionality. Tim Muldoon said. “This is a challenge marriage is a sacrament and a vocation, university mission and ministry and a “How do you live out God’s call in the of our time. My sense is that there’s al- that’s got to mean it’s a path to holiness,” faculty member at Boston College, said midst of the chaos?” she said. “Theolo- ready some momentum here.” Popcak said. “But what does that look this isn’t the first effort to bring theolo- gians help us to find that vision.” like?” gians and pastoral ministers together to Sue Muldoon said that, in her pasto- Michelle Martin writes from Illinois. Summer Reading R

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This is, as St. true in antiquity as it is now. passed, family evolved through Paul explains, “a great mystery” We like to think that play- grace and from chaos, polyg- that deserves our deepest rever- ing with different family forms amy, monogamous realtion- ence and respect (Eph 5:32). is a brave new idea for a brave ships that could still be broken When the Church asserts the new world. But the idea that the and, finally, to what it was in dignity of this vision of fam- family could be something oth- the beginning (cf. Mt 19:8) — a ily life, it’s not out of hatred for er than one man, one woman, lifelong, indissoluble, monoga- any other person or household. and the children they bear is an mous relationship between one Although the Christian family ancient, pre-Christian notion man, one woman and the chil- is honored to be an icon of the that’s simply reasserting itself dren they bore. Trinity, every person is made in in a post-Christian world. The The story of this vision of the image and likeness of God. ancient world was tremendous- family climaxes with Christ Because of that, it’s certainly ly tolerant of same-sex house- conferring the dignity of a sac- arguable that every household holds, polygamous households, rament on a man and a woman — to the degree that it attempts polyamorous households and at the wedding at Cana (cf. Jn to approximate the blessings every other kind of household 2:1-12). In a sense, similar to the Christian vision of family Sneak Peek at the video! you could think of. Archaeolo- the way Jesus consecrated bread offers — can be used by God for Watch the fun video at OSV.com/CatholicandCurious gists have the pottery records to and wine, out of any other ele- some good. But to suggest that prove it. ments he could have chosen, any other family form is equiv- Yes, at the beginning of to celebrate the first Eucharist, alent to the revealed, Christian time, God created the family Christ consecrated the relation- vision of family is like suggest- as Christians understand it. He ship between man and woman ing that cookies and milk could created Eve to be the perfect out of all the possible relation- make a valid Eucharist. helper for Adam (cf. Gn 2:18) ships he could have chosen. Just Catholics assert the dig- and gave them the first great like we can’t have a valid Eu- nity of the Christian vision of commission to “be fertile and charist without bread and wine, marriage for the simple reason multiply” (Gn 1:28). Before the we can’t have a valid Christian that God ordained it to reveal Fall, God, man, woman and marriage without man and the importance about himself the world lived in what St. John woman. But why does it matter? and his love for the world. The Paul II called “original unity.” Why would God care so much Christian vision of marriage But original sin disrupted about what a family looks like? and family was not created by that unity. Man and woman The Church teaches that, as us. It was instituted by God. became estranged from each Christians understand it, the Our job, as disciples, is to pro- other. The union they enjoyed human family is an icon of mote and defend this vision for with God and God’s plan for the Trinity. An icon isn’t just a the sacred icon that it is. creation was destroyed (cf. Gn picture. It’s a window into the 3:23-24). The world was thrown world of the sacred. God, in Dr. Greg Popcak is the author of into chaos (cf. Gn 6). Little made his very nature, is family: three many books including “For Better sense anymore (cf. Gn 11). After persons, intimately united as … FOREVER! The Catholic Wherever books are sold. | OSVCatholicBookstore.com | 800-348-2440 the Fall, men, women, children one. 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People attend an event hosted by Salt Men with Arise Young Adult Apostolate pose for a picture during one The Catholic Adventures group in Stamford, and Light in Wichita, Kansas. Courtesy photos of the bi-monthly gatherings in El Paso, Texas. Connecticut, takes a picture during a hike.

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Across the country, millennial leaders who “Through the holiness of the are passionate about their relationship with God young, the Church can renew her spiritual ardour and her apos- are forming the next generation of saints tolic vigour. The balm of holiness generated by the good lives of so many young people can heal By Brian Fraga has already settled down. Recognizing the wounds of the Church and The young adult years are a time of their innate need for community, young of the world, bringing us back to rapid change and transition. People in adult Catholics across the country have that fullness of love to which we their 20s and early 30s are often mov- formed their own groups to enjoy fel- have always been called: young ing homes, changing jobs, meeting new lowship with people their own age and saints inspire us to return to people and figuring out what they want to grow in faith. our first love (cf. Rv 2:4). Some to do in life. Our Sunday Visitor interviewed the saints never reached adulthood, In his recent , leaders of several young-adult Catholic yet they showed us that there is Christus Vivit (“Christ is Alive”), Pope groups across the country to see how another way to spend our youth. Francis challenges young people to they organize their ministries and what Let us recall at least some of them make the most of their youth and to be benefits those groups provide members, who, each in his or her own way, protagonists in the Church’s mission. as well as to discuss the challenges of and at different periods of history, “Give yourselves over to the best of running a successful young-adult min- lived lives of holiness.” life!” the pontiff writes (No. 143). istry. Available at Some parishes have ministries for osvcatholicbookstore.com. young adults, but more often than not, Brian Fraga is a contributing editor for a parish is a better fit for someone who OSV Newsweekly. 10 JULY 21-27, 2019 IN FOCUS SALT AND LIGHT | WICHITA, KANSAS BOOKS AND BEER | ATLANTA

young adult Catholic group called “Books and Beer” will definitely grab people’s atten- Ation. “The majority of us prefer malt-forwards, stouts and porters. I really like Belgians, too, so I’ve brought in some Trappist ales,” said Jake Schirra, 26, who leads the Books and Beer young-adult group that meets at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Atlanta. The group of about eight to 10 young adults, most of them in their 20s, gathers weekly to dis- cuss the works of Flannery O’Connor, J.R.R. Tolk- ien, Henry Graham Greene and other authors who write from a Christian perspective. The group en- joys those literary conversations over beer. “I always bring sparkling water for those that don’t want to drink beer,” said Natalie Schirra, who started the group with her husband, Jake, last year during Lent. They met while studying at Vanderbilt University, where they enjoyed the sup- port of a vibrant Catholic campus ministry. “Once we graduated college, we didn’t have that Young adults with the group Salt and Light gather for Eucharistic adoration at St. Francis of Asissi Parish in anymore. I think that’s an experience for a lot of Wichita, Kansas. The group also provides events such as Theology on Tap and volunteer opportunities. Courtesy photos young adults who find their faith in college,” said Jake, who works in IT and moved to midtown At- ara Elpers thought she would Hill, who grew up “a casual Meth- lanta after he and Natalie, a high school teacher, find an active young-adult Cath- odist” and converted to Catholicism got married two years ago. Tolic community when she moved in college, said Salt and Light meets They looked for a young adult community in back home to Wichita, Kansas, in a need for young adult Catholics who Atlanta, but didn’t find one that fit. So they de- 2013 after graduating college. often feel that they don’t “fit in” at a cided to create their own group, one that would “I got here and realized we didn’t parish since they don’t yet have fami- attract people who wanted an element of spiritual have that,” said Elpers, who took lies of their own. and intellectual formation. some initial steps to build the kind “We minister to a more transition- “We wanted to do it in a public place that was a of community she enjoyed as an un- al demographic. We recognize that,” dergraduate at the University of Tul- Hill said. sa and later as a campus missionary Given the transitory nature of with the Fellowship of Catholic Uni- young adulthood, Elpers and Hill versity Students. recognize the challenges of keeping CREDO | NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Elpers and her friends started out Salt and Light up and running. The by praying for young adults in their people on the leadership team serve he Music City” is booming, and that is diocese. They began a monthly Theol- two-year terms, and Elpers said the drawing young adult professionals from ogy on Tap forum that drew around Trevor Steinbrock (left) and Byron group thus far has been able to attract “Tacross the country. 30 people. Elpers and her friends Bergkamp play volleyball during an new leaders who bring their own per- “I’ll go to some events, and I'll be the only began adding social and volunteer event organized by Salt and Light. spectives and ideas. Nashvillian there. Everybody else has moved to events, such as a weekly young-adult that relationship with Our Lord.” “Salt and Light is able to offer a the city [from other places],” said Judd Cowan, Mass followed by volleyball. Veronica Hill, a member of the good, solid Catholic community of who runs an aerospace fabrication shop in his In time, the young adult Catho- Salt and Light leadership team who people who are in the same state of hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. lic community of Wichita — now is responsible for organizing the The- life as one another, which I think is Cowan is also on the leadership team of Cre- known as Salt and Light — blos- ology on Tap events, said the minis- just really difficult to find in a parish do, a young adult community based at Christ somed into a bustling ministry that try provides a sense of community when you’re in this particular stage of the King Church in Nashville’s Belmont and has a 14-person leadership team that and belonging that smartphones and life,” said Elpers, who also credits Salt Hillsboro neighborhoods. Cowan was invited organizes regular spir- and Light with provid- to become a group leader by one of Credo’s for- itual, faith formation, ing her and others an mer leaders, who is now a religious sister. volunteer and social “I could join a gym. I could join a young- opportunity to grow “I’m a doer. I don't like sitting still,” Cowan events, and even has its in relationship with said. “I was always attracted to the idea of get- own intramural sports professionals group. But I love that this group Christ. ting involved and helping to expand young- leagues. has connected me with people who want to be “I think we need adult ministry in the diocese.” “It was just over each other to be saints. Kelsey Callahan, who grew up in Georgia, several years of add- saints first, people who are engaged in their We can’t do it on our was looking for a young-adult Catholic com- ing stuff here and there own,” Elpers said. munity when she moved to Nashville in 2015. that now we have this communities and who are joyful.” Hill added that the “I didn’t know the city that well,” said Cal- full ministry,” said — Veronica Hill community reminds lahan, a licensed professional counselor who Elpers, who added her that there are other added that a coworker told her about the that the community’s people her age who are young-adult group at Christ the King Church. Theology on Tap now striving for holiness. She started attending a 6 p.m. young-adult attracts anywhere from 150 to 200 modern technology cannot give mil- “I could join a gym. I could join Mass that was followed by a Bible study. Members of Credo pose while helping to people each month. lennials. a young-professionals group,” Hill Callahan soon found herself being invited to build a house for Habitat for Humanity. “God really paved the way for all “Everyone is looking to belong,” said. join Credo’s leadership team. this,” said Elpers, who works in hu- said Hill, an executive advancement “But I love that this group has con- “Being able to have that community and life and challenge me on other things as well.” man resources for FOCUS. “This associate at a local Catholic high nected me with people who want to support is so important, especially when life Credo’s events are organized around four shows that the young-adult popula- school. “There is an entire generation be saints first, people who are en- can be very transient and busy,” Callahan said. pillars: prayer, service, formation and social. tion craves depth and relationships. of young people who feel a hunger to gaged in their communities and who “It’s great to have people who hold me account- The group attends a monthly parish Holy Hour, First and foremost, they hunger for belong, to feel connected.” are joyful.” able for the things I want to do in my spiritual followed by a “Happy Hour” of socializing. 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little less churchy, so we decided to meet at a brew- lie and Jake lead the group in talking about each ery in the area where we lived, and talk about the other’s favorite beers and breweries in Atlanta. stories of Flannery O’Connor,” Jake said. “We have The group creates a sense of community for the some great breweries in Atlanta.” members, most of whom are young, single and in The group began meeting in a local brewery, a somewhat transient stage of life. but Jake and Natalie “For us as mille- started hosting gath- nials, we’re chang- erings in their apart- “These are people who want to be faith- ing jobs a lot, which ment before finally means we’re con- settling in to the par- ful, who want to be part of the Church. stantly moving,” Jake ish basement. I think young adults everywhere are said. “The brewery was “I would say what really cool for awhile, ready to form very vibrant communities unites the people in but the cost of meet- if they can be shepherded well.” the group is that none ing there every week, of us have children,” people feeling pres- — Jake Schirra Natalie said. “That’s sured to buy some- the real challenge thing, and the noise with young adult level made it a little less conducive to conversa- ministry. There will usually be one or two people tion,” Natalie said. who have an idea, they start it, it goes for a year, The group used to meet every week, but Natalie then when those people leave, the group dies.” and Jake shifted the format to an eight-week series, When they have children, Natalie said she and where the group meets weekly to read through and Jake will probably not be able to continue leading discuss a particular piece of fiction or nonfiction Books and Beer. They hope someone else will take writing. The group then takes a month off before the reigns of leadership. But for now, the group starting on another book. provides the support of like-minded young adults “The added bonus of doing it that way is being who share a common love and commitment to the able to re-advertise,” Natalie said. “There are natu- Catholic faith. ral starting and stopping points, so if people want “These are people who want to be faithful, who to get involved who haven’t been before, they can want to be part of the Church,” Jake said. “I think come in and not feel awkward or completely new young adults everywhere are ready to form very to the group.” vibrant communities if they can be shepherded In Atlanta, young adults gather to discuss the books of Catholic To break the ice when a new series starts, Nata- well.” fiction authors.Photo courtesy of Books and Beer

CREDO | NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE WHAT ABOUT THE DIOCESES? The common trend is that young adults feel forgotten by Church There are service projects, such as volunteer- ministry once they graduate college or move to a new town. So, ing to feed the homeless. The group also hosts what are dioceses doing to support this demographic of the faithful? regular talks and presentations on topics relat- “Young adult ministry in a diocese is still pretty uncommon, espe- ing to Church history, the Mass, theology and cially operating on their own,” said Crystal Serrano, associate direc- Church teachings. tor of Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South “You surround yourself with people you Bend in Indiana. “It’s a little bit more common to have an office of want to be more like, and that’s especially the youth and young adult ministry, but a lot of the time youth ministry case with Credo,” Cowan said. “There are a lot takes priority.” of people in the group who care deeply about Now, this is not to say there are no dioceses with such programs. their faith and empower each other to grow in their faith. I’ve seen people start to attend daily Besides Fort Wayne-South Bend, Serrano mentioned others, such Mass because of Credo. It’s easier to do some- as the Archdioceses of Indianapolis, Chicago and Washington, D.C. thing when your friends are doing it.” Still, why so few? Credo’s social events include game nights, “I think that the Church just doesn’t know what to do with young potluck dinners, bonfires and outdoor hikes. adults,” said Serrano, who worked for the Archdiocese of Chicago Those events usually draw the most people, before moving to Indiana. “For a really long time, I think that the sometimes more than 100. Church operated on the idea that people will just come to us. How- “People who reach out to the group say ever, we know that this isn’t the case anymore, and the Church has they're looking for community,” Callahan to take on a more active and intentional role in trying to do outreach said. “There are a lot of people who are mov- with young adults. ing to Nashville without knowing anyone here. “I think it’s still the case that the Church is in a maintenance Knowing that there is a community here that is mode and is trying to meet the needs of those that are only within already set up for them is helpful.” the walls of the church,” continued Serrano. “This is still necessary, Cowan said he believes young adult Catho- but with the lack of intentional outreach, we see many young adults lics in Nashville have a unique charism to evan- either taking a passive role in the life of the Church or all together gelize each other and the community. leaving if they haven’t left already.” Members of Credo pose while helping to “At the end of the day, I personally feel you Serrano believes that the best way to reach young adults is to build a house for Habitat for Humanity. need a core group of friends you can trust and invest in those who are already disciples, build them up and send rely on,” Cowan said. “From there, you can them out into their communities to evangelize those who may have life and challenge me on other things as well.” reach out and bring people in and create a received some catechesis but still don’t know Jesus. “I want to meet Credo’s events are organized around four community. One of the core things about hav- young adults where they are at and help them to take that next step pillars: prayer, service, formation and social. ing that community is connection and a feeling that the Lord is calling them to,” she said. The group attends a monthly parish Holy Hour, of belonging. If you can create and foster that, followed by a “Happy Hour” of socializing. you’re going to get people to come back.” 12 JULY 21-27, 2019 • FOR REPRINTS: 1-800-348-2440 X2171 IN FOCUS OUR SUNDAY VISITOR ARISE YOUNG ADULT APOSTOLATE | EL PASO, TEXAS

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he dynamic young-adult Catholic a nearby parish. Two men talk during a gathering hosted by Arise Young Adult Aposto- scene in Fairfield County, Connecti- Community service is another big late, which offers formation classes twice a month. Tcut, has plenty of spiritually enriching component of Catholic Adventures. activities for someone in their 20s and Group members often volunteer at a non- efore he joined the young adult spiritual formation and evangeliza- early 30s to grow in knowledge and love profit that collects clothing for under- ministry group at St. Raphael tion. of the Catholic faith. privileged people, as well as at another ChurchB in El Paso, Texas, Paul San- “I think we’re losing a lot of young But Caitlin Stote and her friend, Staci organization that revitalizes homes for doval had never heard of Eucharistic adults today because so many are Genovese, felt there people in need. adoration. not formed well,” said Santos, who was something In addition, the “I didn’t know words like theol- added that she and Sandoval decided missing for Catho- group attends Eu- ogy, schism, evangelization, what to name the group Arise after hear- lics their age who charistic adoration they meant and what they were,” ing the story of Christ telling wanted to socialize monthly at a con- said Sandoval, who joined the parish the little girl in Mark 5:41, “Talitha and have fun. vent in Stamford young-adult group nearly four years koum” — “Little girl, I say to you, “We wanted to and hosts a Bible ago. Today, he is a co-leader of the arise!” — as he brought her back to do things like hik- study. This sum- group, which is now called the Arise life. ing, bowling, trivia mer, the group Young Adult Apostolate. “Just as she was dead, so many nights and com- plans to start read- “Being in the group pushes me to young adults today are dead from munity service,” ing through St. be a better person,” Sandoval said. their attachments to sin in various said Stote, who ’ “Now when I go to daily Mass and ways,” Santos said. “It’s our challenge co-founded Catho- spiritual classic, I see another young adult there, I’ll to get young adults to arise from that lic Adventures of “Finding God’s think, ‘Oh man, she’s coming every culture of death and sin, to arise to Stamford a year ago Will For You.” day. I gotta come every day, too.’” life in Christ.” with Genovese and “We’re all very Personal spiritual formation and Santos, Sandoval and other group A group from Catholic Adventures a couple of other relatable and nor- fostering a community where young leaders are leading a summer for- poses for a picture. friends. mal. We like to adult Catholics could encourage mation series called, “Why am I “We wanted it to be like an adventure have fun,” said Stote, who teaches at each other and hold one another ac- Catholic?” that examines essential group,” said Genovese, who has gone ice a Catholic high school. Stote said a countable were among the goals that teachings such as the Eucharist, the skating, rock climbing and hiking with young-adult Catholic community pro- Melissa Santos had when she decid- Trinity, the saints and the Blessed other young-adult Catholics who live in vides a support system for Catholics ed to begin the group in September Virgin Mary’s role in salvation his- and around the cities of Norwalk and who tend to be underserved by tradi- 2015. tory. In the fall, the group will begin Stamford in southwestern Connecticut. tional parish and diocesan programs. “I went away to college, and when a series called “Beloved,” which will “We all became closer as we were go- “A lot of the events at my parish are I moved back home, I felt like there focus on the Theology of the Body ing to events together like Faith on Tap,” geared for people over 40 or people with weren’t any young adults or people and what it means to live as men and Genovese said. “But the speakers would families and young children,” Stote said. my age who practiced their faith,” women in relationship to one an- talk for a couple of hours, and that would “A lot of events are not geared for people said Santos, who works as a financial other. be it. There wasn’t a big socialization in this limbo age where you don’t have a analyst for her family business. “Everybody has grown closer over piece to it.” family yet, but you’re also not a teenager, Adding that the Catholic faith has the years and taken the initiative The Catholic Adventures group’s so there’s a need for that.” always been important to her, Santos to learn their faith,” said Sandoval, weekly events attract about 10 people After graduating from the University said she felt “a tug” to begin a young adding that members of the group on average. Their “adventures” have of Vermont, which she said had an active adult ministry at her parish, espe- often go to baseball games together taken them all over Connecticut, from Catholic student center, Genovese said cially since she had started a master’s and socialize. A few couples even Greenwich to New Haven, meeting other she at first had a difficult time finding a degree in theology at the Augustine have emerged from Arise. young-adult groups, making new friends supportive young-adult Catholic com- Institute. “Especially with young adult and attending their events. munity. “I thought, ‘Well, I’m learning ministry, it’s such a hard age,” Santos In addition to socializing, Catholic “Most of us are still in that singles pe- all this stuff. I really need to share it said. “There are so many life events Adventures offers a venue for spiritual riod, and there are questions about how with other people,’” Santos said. that are happening. Everyone is just growth and faith formation. On June do we meet people who have the same The Arise Young Adult Aposto- so busy with work and life, so to 1, the group hosted a night vigil, where faith as us,” Genovese said. “It’s nice to late meets twice a month for forma- have an actual community of people, members went out on the streets of connect with people our age who share tion classes at St. Raphael Church. I think, is really important in order downtown Stamford to hand out rosaries the faith and values that we have. It’s nice Santos said the group’s organizing to continue growing in your faith in and candles, and to invite people to at- to be able to talk about the Catholic faith principles focus on prayer, especially having people who can push you and tend Eucharistic adoration with them at among your good friends.” through the sacraments, as well as encourage you.” T2336, $4.95

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hospitality, but it’s not yet a con- templative hospitality. Mary at least dwells with the loveliness VATICAN CITY of God made present to her. In Christian life, it is this contem- The and the Italian government concluded plative attitude that must in- form every act of hospitality. treaties that created an independent nation here is a tired homiletic In the United States, we have trope. It is one that sees in ample occasion to practice this TMartha a servile commitment hospitality. At our southern to frenetic activity. Mary is the border, migrants from real contemplative. She sets America are arriving each day. herself apart from the busyness Many are escaping from threats of the kitchen, gazing at the of violence. person of Jesus Christ. Teenagers have been told by It is this Mary who has cho- gangs that if they don’t join, sen the better part (cf. Lk 10:42). they’ll be murdered. Men and She doesn’t worry about dinner women are escaping the horrors and sits at the feet of poverty, hopeful of Jesus. But that 16TH SUNDAY OF that they might be Martha, focusing able to put some- ORDINARY TIME on simple prepara- thing on the table tions: “Tsk, tsk,” we JULY 21, 2019 for their children. say. GN 18:1-10 They’re coming to This interpreta- PS 15:2-3, 3-4, 5 the border looking tion is partly right. COL 1:24-28 for hope. Martha does com- LK 10: 38-42 And they have Shutterstock.com, CNS plain to Jesus, tell- needs. They enter ing him to push without clothing By D.D. Emmons Mary into the kitchen. She and food. Once released by the Ninety years ago, on Feb. 11, KEY POINTS OF THE LATERAN wants to circumscribe Mary’s government, they often need 1929, a series of treaties were TREATY gaze, taking her away from con- help getting in touch with fam- concluded by the Holy See ◗ templation toward hospitality. ily members. They need human and the Italian government The pope recognized the Italian government and gave up At the same time, it is likely touch, to be treated as human that significantly impacted the all rights to the . (The exact treaty language to reduce Martha to one addict- beings. papacy, the Catholic Church reads, “The Holy See ... declares the to be ed to frenetic activity. The wel- Regardless of political party, and world history. Signed in definitely and irrevocably settled and therefore eliminated coming of a guest within one’s this basic hospitality cannot be the Lateran , the treaties and recognizes the under the Dynasty of home, to feed and give drink to refused. The churches on the ended a 59-year-old conflict the House of Savoy, with Rome as the capital of the Italian the stranger — this is integral border have offered this hospi- between the two signatories State.”) to the Law of Israel. tality and marshaled their own and created Vatican City as an ◗ After all, it is Abraham who energies to welcome the one independent nation with the Compensation to the Vatican for the Papal States was welcomes the three strangers without home. pope as head of state. The con- the equivalent of approximately $92 million in currency and into his home. He marshals the We Christians are obliged flict leading to this momentous bonds. forces of his home for the act of to act, to offer this hospitality, agreement, the Lateran Treaty, ◗ Vatican City was created as a separate nation-state inde- hospitality. Bread is made, an because of our contemplative began in the late 19th century. animal is prepared, curds and vocation. The one who comes to pendent of Italy, with the pope as head of state. He would milk are offered. These strang- us hungry and thirsty, without Papal States have all the privileges of that position and his person was ers are God’s messengers, and even the slightest home, is, at By 1860, an area known as considered both sacred and inviolate. it is through the act of hospi- the same time, the presence of the Papal States sliced through ◗ The Italian government agreed to build and fund, inside tality that the angelic figures Jesus Christ. the center of the Italian Pen- Vatican City, a railway station with access to the Italian train introduce the fulfillment of the There are political decisions insula. Comprising more than system, telephone and telegraph capability, a radio station covenant with Abraham: Sarah that must be made about immi- 16,000 square miles with over will give birth to a child. gration although there’s politi- 3 million inhabitants, these and a post office. Certain buildings outside the Vatican, tra- The problem of Martha is cal disagreements. states were under temporal ditionally part of the Church, were restored to the Holy See. not that she cares about offering But the Church intervenes rule, governed by the Holy ◗ Roman Catholicism was identified as the religion of hospitality. Rather, she offers for the migrant because of the See. Geographically, the lands Italy, the Church would rule over Italian marriage laws and hospitality apart from an act of contemplative hospitality she lay from the Po River in the the teaching of the Catholic religion in schools was manda- contemplation. The one who is practices. In welcoming the north to the mouth of the tory. welcomed is not just any trav- one without home, we don’t just Tiber River in the south, in- eling street preacher. He is not engage in activity. We’re learn- cluding important commer- ◗ The Catholic clergy would take no part in politics, and just their friend, Jesus, the son ing to sit down at the feet of the cial and industrial areas such each bishop would take a vow so stating. Nominations for of Mary. He is the very reign of Lord. as Corsica, Palermo, Bologna new bishops would be reviewed by the Italian government. God made flesh, the speech of and Parma, as well as the city God made present through the Timothy P. O’Malley, Ph.D., is of Rome and key ports on the human body. Who wouldn’t director of education at the Mc- Adriatic Sea. The Papal States had been conferred to the Vati- which made the ’ tempo- want to sit and dwell with him? Grath Institute for Church Life at essentially separated northern can by different monarchs, go- ral reign longer than any other Martha offers the proper the . and southern Italy. These lands ing back at least 11 centuries, European dynasty. OUR SUNDAY VISITOR FAITH JULY 21-27, 2019 15

Beginning in 1850, King dictator (d. PASTORAL ANSWERS | MSGR. CHARLES POPE Victor Emmanuel II of Pied- PRISONERS OF 1945). As King Victor III’s mont-Sardinia started his THE VATICAN prime minister, Mussolini rec- quest to consolidate all of Italy ognized two significant politi- These popes isolated under one government and cal issues: First, Italy was 97% The death penalty themselves inside the become the king of a unified Catholic; and second, the ma- Vatican for a cumulative Italy. The largest of the many jority of Italians wanted peace The pastoral approach considers capital punishment total of 59 years: independent Italian states between Church and state. He inadmissible, almost impossible to support were those controlled by the and Cardinal , pope, who at the time was Pius the secretary of state for Pope the specific context of our cur- IX (r. 1846-78), a serious stum- Pius XI, began two and a half rent time. It cites “an increasing bling block to Italian unifica- years of negotiations leading awareness of the dignity of the tion. The king, either through to the 1929 Lateran Treaty and person ... a new understand- negotiations or threat of force, ending the Roman Question. ing of the significance of penal began annexing areas of Italy sanctions imposed by the state under a new national govern- Pope Pius IX: 1870-78 Lateran Treaty ... and ... more effective systems ment. Pope Pius refused to re- The treaty was signed on of detention ... which ensure the linquish any of his holdings, Feb. 11 and ratified on June 8, uestion: A priest said that due protection of citizens.” but the king occupied one Pa- 1929. Among the treaty agree- if we approve of the death This interpretation empha- pal State after another, until ments, the Holy See acknowl- Qpenalty, we aren’t Catholics in sizes a pastoral approach that by 1860 he had seized all the edged the legitimacy of the Ital- good standing. Is this true? leaves aside these debates on papal holdings except for the ian government and its right to — Peter Tate whether inadmissible means city of Rome. The new central the Papal States; the Vatican Long Beach, California that the death penalty is an in- government wanted Rome as Leo XIII: 1878-1903 was, in turn, financially com- trinsic evil. Rather, inadmissi- the nation’s capital city, but pensated; and Vatican City was nswer: The debate over ble means that it is unthinkable the pope would have none of created and designated a sov- the recent change in the in our times when we are in a it. Protected by a French gar- ereign nation, independent of Catechism’sA wording about the great battle against the culture rison, Pius refused to recog- Italy, with the pope as head of death penalty has two dimen- of death that celebrates abor- nize Victor Emmanuel’s gov- state. Catholicism became the sions: doctrinal and pastoral. tion, physician assisted suicide ernment and decried what he religion of Italy; marriage laws Many Catholics, including as well as contraception and considered to be the robbery of were placed under the rule of theologians, have expressed other such evils. the Papal States: the seizure of St. Pius X: 1903-14 the Church, and Catholic reli- concern that the new wording The Church insists on the Church property belonging to gious training was included in of the Catechism suggests that inviolable dignity of every hu- all Catholics. every school. The Italian gov- the use of the death penalty is an man person, even those who ernment provided Vatican City intrinsic evil. The new wording, are troubled, suffering or beset with a train station, a telephone quoting Pope Francis, states: with many difficulties. We also On Sept. 20, 1870, after the and telegraph office, a post -of “The death penalty is inadmis- live in times where national and French garrison protecting the fice and a radio station. The sible because it is an attack on international laws make it pos- pope departed to fight in the pope was once again ruler of a the inviolability and dignity of sible to adjudicate crimes and Franco-Prussian war, King sovereign nation and in no way the person” (CCC, No. 2267). criminals in nonlethal ways Victor’s army forcibly occupied Benedict XV: 1914-22 subject to an earthly potentate. But if that is the new teaching, and to provide reasonable pro- Rome. The papal domain, once Some of that era concluded without any context or distinc- tection from dangerous crimi- over 16,000 square miles, was that the pope had legitimized tion, it implies that previous nals. reduced to the Vatican’s one- a fascist government and, as popes, councils and even Scrip- Give all this, the pastoral ap- sixth of a square mile. Victor, such, lost much of the prestige ture itself are in error. proach considers capital pun- by now king of all of Italy, of- afforded the pope as temporal Frequently in the Old Testa- ishment inadmissible in the fered considerable concessions ruler of the Papal States. Mus- ment, God himself directs that sense that it should be almost to Pope Pius IX if he would solini and others were con- the death penalty be used. Did unthinkable for us to support it, acknowledge the new govern- Pius XI: 1922-29 vinced that by isolating the God command an intrinsic even if it is not intrinsically evil. ment and the annexation of the pope’s rule to Vatican City (108 evil? Surely not. Even if one ar- This has been a growing con- Papal States. These concessions, acres of land) that the pope’s gues that such directives were sensus in the Catholic Church. called the Law of Guarantees, would be exempt from the au- influence on political issues set aside by Christ’s call to love, Five popes and most of the recognized the pope as the thority of the other ruler” (No. would be greatly diminished. there still remains the New Tes- world’s bishops have consis- head of the Catholic Church in 7). Pius subsequently denied The dictator said, “We have tament teaching that the state tently taught that, in our times, Italy, accorded the pope all the Italian Catholics from voting in not resurrected the temporal has a right to execute: “But if the death penalty ought not rights of a sovereign monarch national elections and excom- power of the popes; we have you do evil, be afraid, for it does to be used except in the rarest and provided compensation to municated everyone involved buried it.” These observations not bear the sword without pur- situation. the Church for the Papal States. with taking over the papal ter- turned out to be shortsighted, pose; it [ruling authority] is the I think the priest you quote The pope adamantly declined, ritories. as the pope today is heralded as servant of God to inflict wrath went too far if he meant that believing that such agreement both head of state and spiritual on the evildoer” (Rom 3:4). concerns that the death penalty would be tantamount to plac- Roman Question leader of a religion encompass- Hence the not be called intrinsically evil ing the papacy under the rule of Pope Pius and his four suc- ing over a billion people. He is acknowledges the right of the are wrong. However, Catholics and subject to the . cessors remained voluntarily hugely popular and widely in- state to execute and further are encouraged to join forces in Pius wrote in his May 1871 en- secluded in the Vatican for fluential among Catholics and indicates that the state acts as the Church’s pastoral approach cyclical Ubi nos (“On Pontifi- the next 59 years and dubbed non-Catholics everywhere. God’s minister of justice in this that the use of the death penalty cal States”): “Therefore we can themselves “prisoners of the The Lateran Treaty catapulted regard. Thus if the Catechism’s be rarely, if ever used; its use submit to no agreement which Vatican.” Throughout those the pope onto the world stage. new wording is taken to mean should be almost unthinkable would in any way destroy or years, the popes continued to In 1984 the treaty was changed, that capital punishment is an and inadmissible in our times diminish our rights, which are deny the legitimacy of the Ital- including eliminating Catholi- intrinsic evil, then we have a and condition. the rights of God and of the ian national government and cism as the official religion problem. These are legitimate . ... For if the Ro- its rights to the Papal States. of Italy, and made Catholic concerns. Msgr. Charles Pope is the pastor man Pontiff were subject to the This situation would become schooling for children option- Others point out that the of Holy Comforter-St. in sway of another ruler, but no known throughout the world al. new wording of the Catechism Washington, D.C., and writes for longer possessed civil power, as the Roman Question. does not use the phrase “intrin- the Archdiocese of Washington, neither his position nor the Enter Pope Pius XI (r. 1922- D.D. Emmons writes from sic evil” but only calls the death D.C. at blog.adw.org. Send ques- acts of the Apostolic ministry 39) and the notorious fascist Pennsylvania penalty inadmissible within tions to [email protected]. CLASSIFIEDS Visit us online at osvnews.com • Call us Today! 800-348-2440, ext. 3 ■ Announcements ■ Books/Booklets Cont. ■ Catholic Marketplace ■ Vocations Cont. ■ Vocations Cont. 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equipped to answer, because they were never initiated into tending the first International manhood themselves. They do not know how to pass on authentic Days for Catholic Literature manliness to their sons, so boys get stuck in unending adolescence. on behalf of OSV. My wife and I first went to Rome 19 years Everyone su ers from the resulting crisis of male immaturity, and ago, during the Great Jubilee in we see its e ects everywhere in our society. 2000. Amy couldn’t come with me this time, but during the day here are two types of expe- and a half that I had free, I wan- Leaving Boyhood Behind shows how we can actually do something Triences that we all seek on dered the streets of Rome and to address this crisis. Author Jason Craig, cofounder of Fraternus, a summer vacations: something made a point of taking pictures new, in which we find excite- of all of the places we had gone Catholic mentoring program for boys, walks through each stage of ment because we’ve never done together. initiation into manhood, helping readers understand: it before, and the tried and true, It’s no surprise that the in which we find comfort and and the Span- enjoyment in reliving past ex- ish Steps and St. John Lateran • What rites of passage are and why they are necessary for men periences. Some people lean and St. Peter’s Basilica are all toward the former; others, to still standing, but there was • Christ’s own rites of passage and initiation the latter. Yet no one, no mat- something comforting in find- ter how much they may regard ing that every family-owned • What it means for a young man to put away childhood themselves as a thrill-seeker, restaurant we went to in May • The importance of belonging vs. isolation in the life of men ever truly goes all-in when in 2000 is still open, and that the the pursuit of the new. menus haven’t changed. In the • The important role both mothers and fathers place in initiation Human beings are creatures Piazza Barberini, in a space no of habit, for good and for ill. A bigger than a closet, the shop • Discipline and the masculine identity desire for ritual is built into the selling Italian silk ties is still • Living the ultimate rite of passage, and much more very fiber of our being. Back there, and six years after my last in the late 1970s, the parish in visit, the proprietor recognized which I grew up introduced me again, just as he had in 2013 a “folk Mass.” The traditional when I had visited for the first hymns that we all knew so well time since 2007. were replaced with a mimeo- In 2000, everything in Rome graphed collection of songs that was new to Amy and me, and were nothing if not new, and in we rushed about trying to fit in “This book is an the beginning, every folk Mass as much as possible in the three featured a different selection of days we had. Today, I’d rather invaluable resource for those songs. By the mid-1980s, revisit the places I’ve been, re- all Catholics who care every Mass became a folk Mass, call my past visits and deepen though the guitars gave way to the experience. about the intellectual, the organ and piano. And by Ritual, it is true, can turn that same time, the number of into a rut, and most of us have physical, and spiritual songs in regular rotation had had the experience of being on development of the been reduced — though not autopilot at Mass, reciting the through conscious effort — to Gloria and the Creed and the next generation of men.” 10 or a dozen. Our Father by rote. But repeti- A new ritual had been cre- tion also allows us to approach — Harold Burke-Sivers, ated, and 40 years after the folk an experience again with fresh author of Behold the Man: A Mass was introduced, that rit- eyes. ual is as set in stone as the old When I walked the streets Catholic Vision of Male Spirituality hymnody ever was. Priests at of Rome in June 2019, I was no my home parish may come and longer the man who walked go (and many have in those 40 those same streets in May 2000 years), but the St. Louis Jesuits — or rather, I was, but I was remain. also something more. Kneel- I don’t intend this as a slight ing in prayer at Santa Maria in against my home parish (even if Trastevere, climbing the Scala T1959 $19.95 I would like, just once, to visit Sancta on my knees — these my parents and to hear the fa- experiences mean more to me miliar strains of “The Church’s now than they did the first Wherever books are sold. One Foundation” or “Holy time, and they will mean more God, We Praise Thy Name” in to me next time, if, God willing, the church of my youth). Hu- there is one. man beings are, as I said, crea- That, and not the incessant tures of habit, and all ritual re- pursuit of the new, is what it OSVCatholicBookstore.com sponds to a need that lies deep means to be human. in our souls. I had the privilege of spend- Scott P. Richert is publisher for ing a week in Rome in June, at- OSV. 18 JULY 21-27, 2019 PERSPECTIVES OUR SUNDAY VISITOR GOD LIVES | MSGR. OWEN F. CAMPION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Split-shift Mass attendance may be a solution Consistently pro-life Re: “Mass chaos: The pros and cons of split-shift attendance” (Openers, June 30-July 6). I feel for Scott Warden and his wife struggling taking six kids to Sunday Mass. They If Catholics want to see abortion illegal, they must are discerning whether to go to separate Masses so one can stay home with the active be consistent in their view of all human life. (and noisy) 2-year-old. In my own life, I was one of 11 children, and my parents never took us all to Mass to- feeling betrayed; O’Connor, gether. My mother would go to the early Mass alone, the rest of us would attend with my Kennedy and Souter voted to sustain Roe. Abortion re- father at the next Mass. Did I mention that we never went to Mass until we were 6 years mained legal, as it is today. old? I’ve never talked to anyone who had that same experience. It was not the first time that My dad did not want to deal with any rambunctious children, so this was their solu- Supreme Court justices have tion. dumbfounded people by taking Three of us 11 still are active Catholics — maybe average these days. We all went to espite recent legislative the opposite side to an argu- . Though I have no memory of attending Mass with my mother as a actions in the states and ment — ones that were thought child, split-shift attendance might be a doable solution for the Wardens for a year or so. aD Supreme Court ruling, we to be the basic principles of still have work to do regarding their lives. — Mary E. Sears abortion. The historic 1973Roe Will this happen again? Re- v. Wade ruling is back on the gardless, if Roe is revisited and Grand Forks, North Dakota front burner. overturned, many legal observ- Advocates for the right to life ers believe that the result will be and respect for all human life to return to what was the case Bishop Sheen — conception to natural death before Roe first was ruled; each TOP VIEWED ARTICLES — hope that these recent devel- state legislature will view abor- Re: “Archbishop Sheen’s remains to be moved to Il- The most popular stories on OSVNews.com this week opments ultimately will cause tion on its own. linois (News Analysis, June included: the Supreme Court to reverse Ultimately, some will outlaw 30-July 6). The relics of Christ (In 9 truths about purga- Roe. Hope is based upon the abortion and others will not. Good article about moving 1 6 hunch that opposing Roe will Legislatures act on the basis of the burial site. Focus, July 7-13) tory (In Focus, Sept. 29, be two recently appointed as- the popular will, or otherwise 2013) I believe that had Arch- 2 From persecutor to sociate justices of the Supreme legislators lose their jobs. Pub- bishop Sheen not become Christian: The conversion Building Catholic com- Court, Judges Neil Gorsuch and lic opinion will be vitally im- so popular with Protestants, 7 Brett Kavanaugh. portant. The issue will be a hot John F. Kennedy might never of St. Paul (Faith, Jan. 25, munity at schools, parishes Well, we were at a similar topic. become president. His weekly 2015) (Feature, July 14-20) moment in 1992 when, in the We who honor life will have program did much to de- Supreme Court, Planned Par- to work hard to bring others to demonize the perception of 3 Planning and under- 8 11 questions answered enthood contested policies of our position. We can twirl the the Church. standing the Catholic about Mary (In Focus, May the Commonwealth of Penn- numbers, but many Americans My Methodist mother became funeral (In Focus, May 7-13, 10, 2015) sylvania, curtailing abortion- support at least the option of le- a weekly viewer. He put a 2017) 5 steps to becoming on-demand. Pro-life support- gal abortion, or they do not care human face on the Church, 9 ers were delighted back then, one way or the other. The em- and she stopped repeating the 4 Christian imagination (All an intentional disciple (In including the editorial board of phasis, unfortunately, has shift- vicious myths and falsehoods Things New, July 7, 2019) Focus, Aug. 17, 2014) Our Sunday Visitor. In fact, an ed from the right to life of the she was taught as a youth. He softened the way for JFK. 5 Report refutes LGBT 10 Joy of the 72 (Opening OSV editorial at the time pre- unborn to the mother’s right to ‘born that way’ theory the Word, July 7-13) dicted that legalized abortion choose. The culture now looks — John Anderson (News Analysis, Sept. 4, in this country soon would be a askance on any argument that Beach Park, Illinois 2016) thing of the past. has traditionally moral roots. Driving those hopes was As a priest, three rebuttals Midwest flooding the fact that pro-life Presidents often have been thrown at me Re: “Church helps as Mid- crime, not just an internal could not be a Mass because Ronald Reagan and George H. regarding the Church’s stead- west flooding worsens” (News matter for laity and clergy. All even in the end, he wanted to W. Bush had appointed three fast stand on the dignity of life. Analysis, June 23-29). of us are obligated, morally live in an arrangement con- Supreme Court justices con- First, Catholics say that hu- I must commend you for and legally, to report suspi- trary to God’s law. sidered to be very conservative man life is precious, but many the last two issues of OSV in cions of these crimes to law I went to the hospital for in general, including in their Catholics support the death June. They were packed with enforcement. a visit to help the man heal philosophy of the law. These in- penalty. such interesting articles that I — Bob Stevens physically and spiritually. But dividuals included Sandra Day Second, Catholics do not al- just couldn’t put them down Detroit as Tom Burnford said in his O’Connor, Anthony M. Ken- ways race to the Church’s side until I got to the end. Particu- article, we live in a confused nedy and David Souter. when it fights for the quality of larly interesting was the story Beyond the classroom and challenged society. on the floods in the states O’Connor had been quite life of people who are poor, op- Re: “Gender issues in the — Craig Galik around the churches. I’m so active in Arizona Republican pressed, limited or are refugees classroom” (Essay, June 30- Duquesne, Pennsylvania glad you wrote of the need to politics and the Republican from terrors abroad. Catholics July 6). help them. I can’t imagine not Party. Kennedy was a lifelong, are not consistent, people say. After reading “Gender is- Stay engaged with being able to attend Mass. I’m sues in the classrooms” I real- faithful, practicing Catholic, Nothing damages our argu- sure every little bit will help. OSV on social media! involved in his California par- ments more. ized it also [can] be applicable ish. Souter was presumed to be Third, when abortion seems — Grace Mullen in a hospital setting. Like us on conservative, or President Bush to be the only alternative to re- Stratford, Wisconsin An acquaintance of mine Facebook: facebook. never would have considered solve an inconvenient pregnan- had a stroke, and I visited him. com/osvnews him. cy, even practicing Catholics Abuse is a crime I was moved to offer comfort. Follow us on Re: “Abuse in other church- It was thought that the de- make exceptions. Every priest It became hard for me to carry Twitter: es” (God Lives, July 7-13). on a conversation when the twitter.com/osvnews cision of the Supreme Court has seen this happen. Msgr. Campion’s column was only a formality. When Therefore, get ready. man was ignoring our Catho- “Abuse in other churches” lic teaching, and he wanted to On Instagram: the case was decided, everyone leaves out an important point. www.instagram.com/ was surprised, and many pro- Msgr. Owen F. Campion is be buried next to his boy- Sex abuse of the young is a friend. The man knew there oursundayvisitor life Americans were infuriated, OSV’s chaplain. OUR SUNDAY VISITOR PERSPECTIVES JULY 21-27, 2019 19 SOMETHING TO SAY? EDITORIAL Wish to comment or respond to an editorial, article or letter you’ve read in OSV? Email us at osvletters@osv. com (put “Letters to the Editor” in subject line) or write to One year later Letters to the Editor, Our Sunday Visitor, 200 Noll Plaza, n July 27, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court or- Huntington, IN 46750. Letters must be concise and are dered the release of a redacted version of the state’s subject to editing (maximum 300 words). Sender’s name, grand jury report that detailed abuse of young and vul- address and telephone number must be included. nerableO people by priests in six of the state’s Catholic dioceses. The report also chronicled bishops’ widespread failure to report these crimes and, in many cases, their outright cover-up. OSV CROSSWORD PUZZLE Two-and-a-half weeks later, the redacted report was released, sending shock waves through the Church, not only in Penn- ACROSS sylvania, but across the country and around the world. The 1 Paradise Lost? sheer numbers were staggering: 300 priests were found to have 5 Father of Abram abused more than 1,000 victims over decades. The release of the 10 “Little ____, I say to you, grand jury report, along with the revelation that former cardi- arise” (Mk 5:41) nal Theodore McCarrick had been sexually abusing minors and 14 One of seven continents adult seminarians for years, sparked the “Summer of Shame” in 15 Administer extreme unc- the U.S. Church — shame that continues to cast a dark cloud. tion For many Catholics, this new wave of reports of widespread 16 Topnotch clergy abuse felt like opening up a wound that hadn’t fully 17 Sleeps briefly healed. The revelations of abuse and cover-ups in Boston a 18 Lariat decade and a half ago ignited a firestorm, but it also sparked 19 Hibernation habitation needed change. The Boston 20 Cleans For many Catholics, this Globe’s first report of priestly 22 Bringing heavy destruc- new wave of reports of abuse was published in Janu- tion ary 2002. It took less than six 24 Land of Sts. Brendan and widespread clergy abuse months for the U.S. bishops Brigid felt like opening up a to draft and approve the 27 Regret Charter for the Protection of 28 Uncompromising wound that hadn’t fully Children and Young People 32 “I shall ___ want” (Ps 23:1) healed. — a document that, while not 33 Large flightless bird perfect, has largely succeeded 34 John Paul II’s given name in putting in place procedures to safeguard children. 36 Abode of the dead Recently, others have taken note of the Church’s success. 40 Sly look After reporting that police had investigated more than 520 42 Cul-__-__ cases of children being sexually assaulted or abused in Chicago 44 Fido’s brand? mouth 26 Made a mistake Public Schools from 2008 to 2017, the Chicago Tribune in June 45 Atlas blown-up 72 Calif. college 28 Father of Joseph, accord- published an editorial that praised the ongoing efforts of the 47 Hole off road 73 Road to the ing to Luke Archdiocese of Chicago, writing: “For more than 15 years, the 49 Multi-volume reference 74 Prescribed amounts 29 Word often said by Jesus archdiocese has conducted background checks on priests, staff, bk. 75 Lenten foliage 30 Parisian streets volunteers and any parent or coach who might come into con- 50 “Give us this ____ ...” 31 Reddish dye tact with a student. … For years, the archdiocese has required (Mt 6:11) DOWN 35 Language of the Church a training course for anyone whose role in a Catholic school or 52 Poisonous alkaloid 1 “... and is seated at the 37 Translated “My God” in church brings them in contact with kids. … It is an ongoing, 54 Sports protection right ____ of the Father” Mark 15:34 annual, expensive — but necessary — component of the Chi- 58 The daughter of Pharaoh (Acts 7:56) 38 Paul and Silas’ prison cago archdiocese’s response to the global child abuse scandal.” found Moses is this river 2 He lost his birthright doors after the earthquake The bishops deserve much credit for their strong and quick 59 Rustic 3 Edges (Acts 16:26) leadership in 2002, but in the year since the Pennsylvania grand 61 Vessel for a private cruise 4 Made it through 39 Vein-like deposit jury report and the McCarrick scandal rocked the Church, this 65 Smallest component 5 Sailor 41 Jesus Christ editorial board has been disappointed by the lack of effective 66 Composure 6 Dir. from Bethlehem to 43 301, to Cato action, from the Vatican on down, in responding to the most 69 Coconut husk Jericho 46 Knocks lightly pressing concern of the faithful — namely, holding bishops 70 Bounce a check 7 Back 48 The ground under Moses themselves accountable for abusing their positions of authority. 71 It was touched to Isaiah’s 8 Ritual table feet (Ex 3:5) This stagnancy has eroded Catholics’ confidence in the 9 Paradise 51 Barked episcopate and, worse, seems to have stalled the very mission SOLUTION FROM LAST WEEK 10 Site of Je- 53 Item on a dining cart? of the Church. It is difficult — almost impossible — to spread sus crucifixion 54 Dull yellowish brown the Good News of Jesus Christ when the leaders of the Church 11 “The 55 Tag declaration are so intently focused on damage control. But, as the editorial bombs burst- 56 Chew the scenery in the Chicago Tribune points out, even as it tends to its own ing ____ ...” 57 Cathedral sinfulness the Church still has something to say to a society 12 They’re 60 Person in authority that continues to stray further from God. fastened to the 62 Catholic comedienne of This editorial board has written at length over the past year bit “Your Show of Shows” about the need for Pope Francis to lead the bishops in getting 13 Big 63 Small mountain their house in order; we hope that, 12 months from now, we’re 21 Sacrament 64 Streetcar praising the work the entire hierarchy has done to rebuild the of the ____ 67 Bishopric trust of the faithful and resume carrying out the Church’s mis- (Js 5:14) 68 Hosp. trauma centers sion. To be sure, there will be more scandals, more headlines 23 He saw a and, sadly, more victims. But through it all, the Church needs plumb line to continue to be a field hospital for the wounded. In order to 25 Site of do so most effectively, however, it cannot spend all of its time Paul’s conver- tending to its own self-inflicted injuries. sion experi- ence OSV Editorial Board: Gretchen R. Crowe, Scott P. Richert, Scott Warden, York Young Compelling Journeys to Catholicism

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