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Pope Francis has summoned church leaders from around the world to the Vatican in February to address the continuing clergy sex abuse crisis. Some bishops say the abuse is due to gay priests within the church.

As Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis Deepens, Conservative Circles Blame Gay Priests

2:04pm September 20, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

Some conservative Catholics are blaming clergy sex abuse on gay priests, citing "homosexual networks" in the church. The argument reflects wider cultural and political conflict in Catholic circles.

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When she was 13, Linda Kay Klein joined an evangelical church that valued sexual purity. She recounts her experiences in the memoir Pure.

Memoirist: Evangelical Purity Movement Sees Women's Bodies As A 'Threat'

6:52pm September 18, 2018

by Terry Gross

In Pure, Linda Kay Klein reflects on the "deep, long-lasting shame" caused by churches that claim women and girls are responsible for the sexual desires of men.

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Shadrach Mugoya Levi, right, at his recent wedding in Uganda. From left: his son Oren Levi and Moshe Isiko.

What The Yom Kippur Fast Means To A Man Who's Known Hunger

1:39pm September 18, 2018

by Sara Toth Stub

Shadrach Mugoya Levi is the spiritual leader of a community of Uganda Jews. After a year of study in Jerusalem, he says he's more prepared than ever for the Day of Atonement.

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Pope Meets With Church Leaders Amid New Sex Abuse Allegations

8:04pm September 13, 2018

by Sylvia Poggioli

Pope Francis met with a delegation of U.S. Catholic Church leaders. The pope also announced that he's calling an unprecedented meeting in February of more than 100 bishops from around the world.

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Archbishop Jose Gomez (left) and Cardinal Daniel DiNardo arrive at the Perugino Gate to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday to discuss the sex abuse crisis within the church.

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U.S. Leaders Of 'Lacerated' Catholic Church Meet Pope To Discuss Sex Abuse Crisis

4:05pm September 13, 2018

by Amy Held

As Pope Francis grapples with a growing scandal, an accused bishop has resigned in West Virginia and a new study has emerged documenting the scale of clerical abuse in Germany.

Pope Meets U.S. Bishops In Rome Over Sex Abuse

11:05am September 13, 2018

by Sylvia Poggioli

Pope Francis is meeting with U.S. archbishops Thursday about the sex abuse crisis and in particular the accusations against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, formerly the archbishop of Washington, D.C.

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Congregation Remembers Botham Jean

7:24am September 13, 2018

by Rachel Osier Lindley

Botham Jean, the man shot to death in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer, is being remembered by his faith community.

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Pope Summons Bishops To Meeting On Sexual Abuse

5:57pm September 12, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

Pope Francis is set to meet with a group of U.S. cardinals and bishops Thursday in Rome, to discuss the roiling clergy sex abuse scandal and the role some bishops played in its cover-up.

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Pope Francis will meet at the Vatican with leaders of the U.S. Catholic Church, including the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, to discuss clergy sexual abuse.

Pope To Meet With U.S. Church Leaders Over Clergy Sex Abuse

9:00pm September 11, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, will meet in Rome with Pope Francis and other church leaders to discuss further investigations into abuse.

Catholic Clergyman Calls For Cardinal Wuerl To Resign

5:56pm September 09, 2018

NPR's Michel Martin asks James Garcia, a deacon at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to explain his open letter calling on Cardinal Donald Wuerl to resign.