Dan Morris-Young

The Field Hospital: Catholics in Pittsburgh show up at shul; recording moms reading to their children from far away; what Knights of Columbus councils do on local levels; 75 nun dolls brighten up Archdiocese of Atlanta's Office of Archives and Records 

Book review: Young Adult American Catholics opens a window to what is one of the church's most critical challenges — facing the exit or indifference of many younger members.

Updated with details on the funeral and memorial services. Trappist Fr. Thomas Keating, who died Oct. 25, was one of the chief architects of the centering prayer movement and spearheaded formation of the Snowmass Interreligious Conferences. 

The Field Hospital: Priest directs house for youth awaiting asylum adjudication; Cor Unum Meal Center serves over two million meals; Kalamazoo Diocese gives facts on credibly accused priest

"You will never stop the Holy Spirit from moving through her people," Aaron Bianco said in his farewell to St. John the Evangelist Parish after he resigned following harassment.

During an Oct. 9 discussion at Santa Clara University, panelists called for structural reform, a more pastoral understanding of clerical sex abuse, and an approach based on facts instead of emotion.

The pastoral associate says that a year and a half of "physical and emotional violence" were taken "to another level" with a break-in and spray-painted slur at St. John the Evangelist.

The Field Hospital: Grassroots reactions to the church crises of authority and sex abuse have taken place at cathedrals, parishes, universities, public squares and pubs.

A "powerful, new moment in the ongoing crisis" of abuse and authority exploitation in the Catholic Church will be the focus of an Oct. 9 panel at Santa Clara University.

The Field Hospital: Three young people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status are among finalists for Catholic Extension's 2018-19 Lumen Christi Award; Pastor reveals he was abused

The Field Hospital: Getting inked for faith; sisters celebrate 10 years of hosting women out of prison; humanitarian work is 'heating up' in Sonoran Desert; priest with ties to Metuchen bishop emeritus removed from ministry; one place where churches are being built rather than closed is Portland, Oregon

A three-year collective bargaining agreement with the San Francisco Archdiocese has been ratified by a vote of 148-5 by the San Francisco Archdiocesan Federation of Teachers, local 2240, ending more than a year of contentious negotiations. 

The Field Hospital: Hundreds march to detention center to participate in an outdoor Mass; sister volunteers work in Kermit, West Virginia; Room In the Inn a model shelter program, its founder to be honored 

The Field Hospital: St. Francis Builds helps in Puerto Rico; eighth-graders fabricate prosthetic hands for potential use by underprivileged children; Masses in unique places.

"You led us, walking alongside us and never lording it over us; you inspired us to be our best selves and never to take shortcuts around the Gospel," priest recalls in funeral homily.

The Field Hospital: Bishops join in solidarity procession for migrants; Priest ministers Missouri streets on foot; deacon reflects on parenting transgender child; celebrating St. Kateri Tekakwitha

Book Review: In a reader-friendly way, the book incorporates research, background and behavioral studies about suicide within the law enforcement world, and how police communities are coming to grips with how the high-tension realities of their work impact mental health.

The Field Hospital: Nigerian pastor describes "Christian genocide"; St. Cloud Catholic Charities files suit against its diocese; Montana priest's op-ed warns of "sea of incivility."

Fr. Bob Bonnot of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests called the "vast array" of social justice issues addressed by the members an "agenda for working into the future."

San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy told participants at the annual assembly of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests that "the pastoral theology of Pope Francis rejects a notion of law which can be blind to the uniqueness of concrete human situations, human suffering and human limitation."