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After year of scandal, U.S. Catholic bishops approve measures to hold themselves accountable

UPDATED: Thu., June 13, 2019, 8:22 p.m.

The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops overwhelmingly, though not unanimously, approved a new framework Thursday for policing their own conduct, hoping it would be enough to stanch a series of scandals over the last year that exposed sexual misconduct and inaction within their ranks.

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Faith and Values: For my grandchildren, a vaccine against “worthlessness”

Mon., May 27, 2019, 4 a.m.

So much of Christian theology and the rituals resulting over the centuries from that theology have focused on people basically being “worthless,” in ultimate need of salvation. Well, as I read the words and spirit of Jesus, “salvation” meant “healing” more than a ticket to heaven. So how might that worthlessness be healed? How about a vaccination?