The vote on Tuesday may signal whether the bishops want to be more closely aligned with Pope Francis' agenda or maintain a more formal distance.
U.S. Catholic bishops began their fall meeting Monday, with an agenda that includes the election of new leaders — a vote that may signal whether they want to be more closely aligned with Pope Francis ' agenda or not.
The opening sessions of the meeting on Monday were held in private. The official highlight of the gathering in Baltimore is the election Tuesday of the next USCCB president, who will succeed Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles. The candidates were nominated by their fellow bishops, who bypassed several of their colleagues who have been elevated to cardinal by Pope Francis.
While 20 years ago the bishops apologized for"too often failing victims and the Catholic people in the past," petition organizer Kevin Hayes said many don't know or remember that. He cited Pope Francis' trip this summer to Canada, where Francis said he was"deeply sorry" to Indigenous survivors of abusive and culturally destructive residential schools.
Clohessy said that for all the charter's reforms – which banned any abusers from ministry for even a single offense – its fatal flaw is that it doesn't punish those who covered up abuse. In a few cases, bishops have resigned amid revelations of cover-up but have rarely been punished.
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