UNITED STATES
Crux
By Michael O’Loughlin
National reporter December 30, 2015
Keeping up with news about the Church is always interesting, but 2015 was a banner year in many ways. There was the release of a first-ever encyclical on the environment, vigorous debates about religious freedom after the legalization of same-sex marriage in Ireland and the United States, an intense back-and-forth about how the Church deals with the modern family, and of course, Pope Francis’ three-city tour of the United States.
Here are some of the biggest stories from 2015, as told through Tweets from Crux, our staff and contributors, and you, our readers. …
Some bishops were booted out because of their records on sex abuse.
Advocates for victims of clergy sex abuse often lament that bishops have not been held accountable for their handling of the crisis, but in 2015, a few bishops were removed from office for precisely that reason.
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