Seattle settles two abuse claims (AP) The Archdiocese of Seattle said Thursday it will pay $375,000 to settle two separate claims of sexual abuse in the 1970s and 1980s. The Roman Catholic archdiocese said in a news release that it settled a case involving allegations of childhood sexual abuse in the early to mid-1970s by David Pearson, a volunteer at St. Joseph Parish in Issaquah. Pearson has died. The archdiocese also said it settled a case involving an allegation of sexual abuse by Father Paul Conn in about 1987 when he served at Queen of Angels Parish in Port Angeles.

Pope, cardinals meet to discuss war in Ukraine (CNS) Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals met in-person at the Vatican on April 25, discussing the war in Ukraine, the Vatican press office said. There was a discussion about the conflict and its impact on the Church, ecumenism and the sociopolitical sphere, the Vatican said April 28. The cardinals reflected on the situation and supported the different initiatives that have been launched by Pope Francis and the Vatican’s secretary and secretariat of state, aimed at finding a peaceful solution, according to the Vatican press office…

John Paul II’s secretary visits with Benedict XVI (CNA) St. John Paul II’s long-time secretary visited Pope emeritus Benedict XVI on Wednesday. Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz met with the Pope emeritus at the Vatican on April 27, the eighth anniversary of the Polish Pope’s canonization. The Archdiocese of Kraków, southern Poland, said that Cardinal Dziwisz, who led the archdiocese from 2005 to 2016, celebrated Mass at the tomb of St. John Paul II in St. Peter’s Basilica…

Nuns in Argentina accuse archbishop of “gender violence” (Crux) Conflict is brewing in a northern archdiocese of Argentina, where a group of cloistered nuns have made a formal allegation against the bishop for “gender violence”; at the same time, the Vatican has warned the nuns against promoting an alleged Marian apparition…

Conservative Christians criticize Marjorie Taylor Greene for attack on Catholic Church (Salon) Conservative Christians are quickly piling on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who this week accused churches that help resettle undocumented immigrants of being controlled by Satan.  Prominent right-wing pundits and Catholic organizations alike castigated the freshman GOP congresswoman from Georgia…