The cardinals may elect a new pope who continues the errors, the silence. But their failures do not excuse ours. We must cling to the faith – not sentimentality, not nostalgia....

Seattle Abp. Paul Etienne, speaking for the state Catholic conference, said ‘priests cannot comply with this law if the knowledge of abuse is obtained during the Sacrament of Reconciliation.’...

Seemingly out of nowhere, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is being discussed as a serious candidate in the upcoming conclave....