Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square Sept. 24 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)Read More
Father Joel E. Kiefer, a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, poses with parishioners on the steps of the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Ligouri in Baltimore, where he serves as administrator. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Father Joel E. Kiefer, a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, celebrates a Tridentine Mass at the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Ligouri in Baltimore Sept. 22. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Father Joel E. Kiefer is the newly appointed administrator of the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Ligouri in Baltimore. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Brett Robinson is a guest columnist for Catholic News Service. He is director of communications and Catholic media studies at the University of Notre Dame McGrath Institute for Church Life. (CNS photo/courtesy Brett Robinson)Read More
Students respond to questions from St. John School, second-grade teacher, Barbara Ott, during reading class at the Westminster school, Sept. 12. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Pope Francis listens as Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks during an audience with commission members at the Vatican Sept. 21. The pope told commission members that the church was late fighting abuse, and he promised a policy of zero tolerance for abusers. (CNS...Read More
Pope Francis listens as Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks during an audience with commission members at the Vatican Sept. 21. The pope told commission members that the church was late fighting abuse, and he promised a policy of zero tolerance for abusers. (CNS...Read More
