VATICAN CITY – Retired Pope Benedict XVI, acknowledging his role in helping the Catholic Church come to terms with the clerical sexual abuse crisis beginning in the 1980s, wrote an article outlining his thoughts about what must be done now.

JERUSALEM – For four decades, Mousa Kamar has taken his place at the head of the heavy wooden cross used during the Franciscan Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa.

VATICAN CITY – Everyone has a direct line to Jesus, who is always nearby, ready to listen and help, Pope Francis said.

When Pope Francis talks about evangelization, his poster child may well be an immigrant in North Dakota.

VATICAN CITY – The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in a new apostolic exhortation.

Nearly 1,200 people preparing to receive the sacraments of initiation at Easter are participating in special liturgies this month with the bishops of the Archdiocese of Seattle.

The Archdiocese of Seattle has published its latest annual report, which compiles information about the finances and ministries of the Catholic Church in Western Washington and “provides a snapshot of the ‘state of the archdiocese,’” according to archdiocesan CFO Joe Schick.

For the past year, four teenage friends from three local parishes have been raising money to make a dream come true — traveling to Panama for World Youth Day 2019.