Charlotte

In response to the church abuse crisis, many parishes around the country have been bringing out the big guns in a spiritual sense — calling on St. Michael the Archangel to help the church.

Participants in the 14th Eucharistic Congress of the Diocese of Charlotte prayed for reparation and healing in response to new revelations of clergy sexual abuse, sexual misconduct and abuse of power by some church leaders.

The Field Hospital: Closed Montreal churches transformed; reasons for denied Communion are disputed; Jeremiah and McCarrick; Blessed Stanley Rother's first feast day.

The Field Hospital: Catholic Charities visits immigrant detention center, Catholics following court battle of deported mother of four, Scam artists target parishes; Grassroots awareness campaigns for those suffering from mental illness

The Field Hospital: Iowa, Virginia dioceses create green networks; Buffalo bishop selling his residence as Burlington, Vermont, Diocese sells former cathedral; Pennsylvania pastor resigns amid allegations of adult relationships, financial irregularities

The Field Hospital: Saturday vigil Masses at Our Lady of the Assumption in Charlotte are a sign of the wider church in the U.S.: an aging Anglo population, replenished by Latino immigrants making parishes their own.