Amid the specter of a fresh round of sex-abuse crises and a roiled summer for the American Catholic leadership, the US church is indeed set to come under the Vatican’s microscope – but not due to the recent scandals. One of the last major benches to make its ad limina visit to Benedict XVI, the USCCB will have its first Roman “checkup” under Francis beginning in November 2019 – eight years to the month since the last “quinquennial” got underway.
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U.S. bishops to meet with pope – in 2019
Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Amid the specter of a fresh round of sex-abuse crises and a roiled summer for the American Catholic leadership, the US church is indeed set to come under the Vatican’s microscope – but not due to the recent scandals. One of the last major benches to make its ad limina visit to Benedict XVI, the USCCB will have its first Roman “checkup” under Francis beginning in November 2019 – eight years to the month since the last “quinquennial” got underway.