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Joshua McElwee has exclusive interviews with Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna. If a bishop is removed from office, the Vatican doesn't give a reason why. In separate interviews, Cupich and Scicluna tell McElwee that that needs to change.
Read: Exclusive: Cupich, Scicluna say Vatican should give reasons when a bishop is sacked
"Checking out how conservative U.S. Catholics reacted to the Vatican sex abuse summit would be funny if it were not so pitiful," writes Michael Sean Winters. He reviews some commentaries and gives some context to each. The reactions led him to this question: What would the summit have looked like if it had been organized by U.S. conservative churchmen and laity?
Read: Reaction of conservative Catholics to abuse summit reveals a lot
Joan Chittister laments the autocrats all around us, and how they're messing up everything (my wording, not hers). As she explains it: "The problem lies in the lack of Benedict's third step of humility. It is the third step of humility that binds us to the rest of the human race."
Read: Listen to those entrusted with our growth
Over 500 churches hosted Night to Shine, a prom-night event for people 14 and older with special needs: Dan Morris-Young collects this and more parish headlines in this week's Field Hospital news roundup.
Read: Parish roundup: Night to Shine; Christian-Muslim chat; diocese offers app
In case you missed it: Maria Benevento reports on a Chicago shelter for young male asylum-seekers. When minors come to the country unaccompanied, at age 18 they must either move in with a sponsor or report to an adult detention center. Ahmad shares his harrowing journey with Benevento.
Read: When unaccompanied minors turn 18, living options shift
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