A Vatican-requested delay in adopting practices that are expected to boost accountability among U.S. bishops in their response to clergy sex abuse will not be voted on during the bishops' fall general assembly going on now. “I was disappointed, but not surprised,” Bishop McManus said Monday. “The laity are looking for the bishops to be held to the same accountability as the priests."

St. Denis Catholic Women’s Council at St. Denis Parish is marking 100 years of existence with a Mass and banquet on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, after months of anniversary activities. Less that two weeks after the end of World War I – on Nov. 24, 1918 – the St. Denis branch of Catholic Women’s War Service Council was formally organized.

All week schools around the diocese hosted and presented various events to Discover Today's Catholic Schools in New England. A sampling of events and photo album of activities give us a glimpse.

The Massachusetts Veterans’ Service department has sent out a request that churches and public buildings with bells ring them at 11 a.m., Nov. 11 “to recognize the World War I centennial of the Armistice on this Veterans Day.”

“Begin to model your life after Jesus. That’s how we transform the world – not by shouting,” Ennie Hickman told hundreds of high school students Sunday at the end of a youth rally with the theme “Transformed.”

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Nov. 10 for Deacon Paul J. Dacri, 65, who died Wednesday at UMass Medical Center after a short illness. The Mass will be held in St. John's Church, 40 Temple St., Worcester, were he has served as deacon since 2012.