Jun 27 Watch Background: Fight for the Pledge of Allegiance Spencer Michels looks at the debate over the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance. Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Victory for Vouchers The Supreme Court rules public money can be used to underwrite tuition at religious schools. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch The Laity Speaks Spencer Michels talks with seven Catholics about their reactions to the new policy for abusive priests. Continue watching
Jun 14 U.S. Bishops Adopt New Sexual Abuse Policy Responding to the hundreds of allegations of child sex abuse, U.S. Catholic bishops adopted a policy Friday that bars priests guilty of abuse from parish work, but stopped short of endorsing a "zero-tolerance" policy. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch Catholics in Crisis Archbishop Harry Flynn of St. Paul-Minneapolis discusses the U.S. Catholic Church's new policy forbidding pedophile priests from serving as clerics but allowing them to remain in the priesthood. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Background: Catholics in Crisis An update from Kwame Holman on the U.S. Catholic bishops' meeting in Dallas. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Discussion: Catholics in Crisis For reaction to the bishops' conference, Elizabeth Farnsworth talks to Father Robert Silva, president of the National Federation of Priests' Councils; Barbara Blaine, president and founder of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests; and Tom Roberts, editor of… Continue watching
Jun 13 Catholic Bishops Meet in Dallas, Address Scandal In his opening address to a meeting of U.S. Catholic leaders, Bishop Wilton Gregory said the current sex abuse crisis is perhaps the gravest the American church has ever faced. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch Background: Catholic Church in Crisis Margaret Warner reports on the start of the Catholic bishops meeting in Dallas. Continue watching
Jun 04 Catholic Panel Recommends Defrocking Abusive Priests A Catholic Church panel on Tuesday recommended any priest who abuses a child in the future be immediately defrocked. The panel added that priests with multiple incidents in the past should also be removed. Continue reading