St. Mary Help of Christians Parish

in Shelby, North Carolina
and Christ the King Mission in Kings Mountain
A parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

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National Catholic Register
- Erie Bishop Models What a Real Apology to Victims Looks Like
  
  By Peter Jesserer Smith | The Pennsylvania Grand Jury has delivered a searing moral indictment of the Catholic Church’s bishops and their chanceries for their historic cover-up of clerical sexual...
- ‘What Do You Want to Know?’ The Catholic Reaction to Bishops and Sex Abuse
  
  By J.D. Flynn/CNA | WASHINGTON — Among the sexual abusers mentioned in the Aug. 14 Pennsylvania grand jury report, one priest merits particular attention. Father David Szatkowski of the Priests of...
- Vatican Responds to PA Grand Jury Report
  
  By The Editors | Following is the English translation of the Vatican's full response to the publication Wednesday of the grand jury report on clerical sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania...
Catholic News Service
- Bishops around U.S. respond with 'sorrow' to abuse report, vow to act
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters video By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a tweet, a U.S. bishop said he had spent the night reading a grand jury report detailing seven decades of child sex abuse claims...
- Vatican wants accountability for abusers, those who protected them
  
  IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the wake of a grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in six dioceses in Pennsylvania, a Vatican spokesman called the abuses described in the...
- Maryland parish helps sister parishes in Nicaragua amid increasing unrest
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy St. John Vianney Parish By Kelly Sankowski PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. (CNS) -- For many parishioners of St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Prince Frederick, the violence...
News from the Vatican
- Vatican voices shame after Pennsylvania report, says pope is on victims’ side
  
  Following the publication of a blistering report detailing decades of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, the Vatican has voiced shame and has sent a message to victims, saying Pope...
- Pope names Venezuelan prelate to key position in secretariat of state
  
  After months of leaving the “sostituto,” or deputy, post at the Vatican Secretariat of State vacant, Pope Francis Wednesday tapped Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra for the position – a...
- Pope prays for victims of Genoa bridge collapse
  
  After a major bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday, killing 38 and leaving many others wounded or missing, Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims and all those effected by the disaster...