It's been a few years since the forum's last Catholic Church thread...

[robkelk]

Judging by some of the articles I've read in the last month or so, there are bishops -- and Archbishops -- who wouldn't listen to Pope Francis if Jesus came down, dragged them by the ear to the papal throne, put his hand on Francis's shoulder and said, "Listen to this guy -- he knows his stuff."

Maybe they'll listen now...
Pope summons bishops around world for summit on sex-abuse prevention

The Feb. 21-24 meeting at the Vatican is believed to be the first of its kind and signals a realization at the highest levels of the church that clergy sex abuse is a global problem and not restricted to the Anglo-Saxon world, as many church leaders have long tried to insist.