Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

St. Charles Lwanga and his companions were martyred for resisting a sexual predator. We need their intercession now more than ever…..

At the beginning of June, we remember two critical stages in the Church’s fight against the sexual abuse of minors. The first is the 20th anniversary of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, adopted by the U.S. bishops during their epochal June 13-15, 2002, meeting in Dallas. It established procedures for addressing the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy…