NCR Staff

Nineteen Catholic dioceses and religious orders in the United States have filed for bankruptcy protection because of the clergy sexual abuse crisis since 2000. Here is the list of dioceses and orders, the amount they eventually agreed to pay and the number of abuse survivors.

Listen: NCR's Joshua J. McElwee and Fr. Jim Connell of Catholic Whistleblowers discuss recent news developments in Chile, including the resignation of 34 of the country's bishops.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Survivors of clergy abuse and their advocates praised Pope Francis for his confrontation with Chile's bishops over their handling of abuse cases, which led to a mass resignation today, and the survivors and advocates urged the pope not to allow the momentum for reform to slow.

Listen: Tom Roberts talks to Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister about his decades of service to NCR.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Listen: NCR Field Hospital correspondent Dan Morris-Young talks about the vibrant ministries at Dolores Mission Parish in Los Angeles.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

In Conversation: NCR Bertelsen intern Maria Benevento reports on the Catholic Worker movement; author Jim Forest shares lessons from Jesuit Fr. Daniel Berrigan.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Following its semi-annual board meeting April 27 in Kansas City, Mo., Tom Bertelsen, NCR Board of Directors Chair, announced that Caitlin Hendel, NCR's chief executive officer, publisher and president, has submitted her resignation to be effective June 30, 2018.

Listen: LCWR's Sr. Annmarie Sanders and Betty Thompson of Solidarity with Sisters discuss their new book, However Long the Night: Making Meaning in a Time of Crisis.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Listen: Columnists Carmen Nanko-Fernández and Mike Jordan Laskey talk about the similarities between baseball and faith.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

In Conversation: NCR's Joshua J. McElwee and theologian Brian Flanagan talk about Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on holiness.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Listen: NCR contributors Patricia Lefevere and Alex Mikulich talk about the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his and Trappist monk Thomas Merton's shared commitment to nonviolence.

Pope's quotes: Some of our favorite quotes from Pope Francis.

Listen: NCR columnist Melissa Musick Nussbaum and her daughter Anna Keating share their traditions of keeping the triduum and the Easter season.