In an interview and in leaked correspondence, Archbishop Arthur Roche of the Congregation for Divine Worship has doubled down in defending Pope Francis' liturgical reforms as necessary to strengthen the church's unity.
The second of the English groups to address the abuse crisis said the scandal "has undermined the work of the Church in practically every way, precisely because it has compromised our credibility."
An English cardinal prayed for the forgiveness of bishops who had brought "the face of evil" into the Catholic Church by allowing or carrying out acts of abuse.
Among those that have followed the decadeslong clergy sex abuse crisis, some speculate that we may be entering a new phase, where authorities display less hesitancy in holding church leaders to account.
Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran leaders in England gathered Oct. 31 for an hour-long service in Westminster Abbey to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
