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By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- No one is excluded from the love ofGod or from being welcomed into the Catholic Church, but God's love and thechurch's welcome also come with a call to conversion, said the English-languagegroups at the Synod of Bishops.Young people need to know "the church's beautiful, yetchallenging, vision, teaching and anthropology of the body, sexuality, love andlife, marriage and chastity," said the English-A group."At the same time, we restate the church's oppositionto discrimination against any person or group, and her insistence that Godloves every young person, and so does the church," the group said in itsreport.The reports, published by the Vatican Oct. 20, were theresult of reflections in the small groups -- divided by language -- on thefinal chapter of the synod working document, which dealt with "pastoraland missionary conversion."Most of the 14 working groups called for further local andnational dialogue with young people on what they need from t...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Dennis SadowskiWASHINGTON(CNS) -- The firestorm surrounding the clergy sex abuse crisis and the way somebishops handled allegations of abuse against priests will be an important partof the agenda of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' fall general assembly.The bishopshave had to deal with seemingly endless revelations of allegations of abusiveclergy since June, most of which referred to long-past incidents. New reportsfrom media outlets also were expected as the Nov. 12-14 assembly in Baltimore approaches.Bishopsnationwide also are facing new challenges as several state attorneys general haveopened investigations into the handling of abuse allegations. The investigationsfollow the release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report in Augustthat linked more than 300priests and church workers to abuse claims and identified more than 1,000 victims over a 70-year period dating from 1947.The USCCB has not directly addressedthe investigations and has not offer...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. ShemitzBy Beth GriffinNEWYORK (CNS) -- In the current toxic environment where political rivals describeeach other as "evil" and "enemies," it is imperative to remember that inAmerica, "our political opponents are not evil, they are just our opponents,"according to Ambassador Nikki R. Haley.TheU.S. ambassador to the United Nations was the keynote speaker at the 73rdannual dinner of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Oct. 18 at the NewYork Hilton.Haleydistinguished the heated rhetoric from the "true evil" she has witnessed inSouth Sudan, Syria and North Korea since she arrived at the United Nations in2016. TheAl Smith dinner honors the memory of the former governor of New York, who was thefirst Catholic nominated by a major political party to run for president of theUnited States. Proceeds from the $3,000-a-plate event help needy children in thegreater New York area. The foundation distributed $3.4 million in grants afterlast year's dinner.Theevent dre...
