Associated Press/Report for America

The new pope is just what the Catholic Church needs to unify the global church and elevate the profile of Black Catholics whose history and contributions have long been overlooked. 

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will pay $3.5 million to settle a civil case alleging a now-deceased priest sexually assaulted a teenage boy nearly two decades ago, and church officials knew of similar reports about the priest dating back to the 1970s, attorneys for the victim announced Aug. 9.

A criminal complaint filed April 14 alleges that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fondled a man in 1977 while staying at a cabin on Geneva Lake in southeastern Wisconsin.