The (Australian royal) commission said that, since 1980, 7 percent of the nation's priests had been accused of child sexual abuse and 4,444 people reported allegations of child abuse to church authorities.—Carol Glatz  Vatican dilly dallying merits the prayers of children, who remember “And I tell you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you” (Luke 11:9).  My prayers for Bette, that she might be relieved of pain were so answered, as I grieve her earthly loss, but not her beloved memories.  “The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful” (James 5:16).  Children’s Liturgy of the Word, as used at St. Mary Church, Vermilion, Ohio, Thursday, October 12, 2017.