Will the Catholic Church Have a Day of Reckoning?
Earlier today, Pope Francis met in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church on the issue of sexual abuse among their own ranks. Speaking after the meeting, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo said the church leaders are working on “identifying the most effective next steps.”

Unfortunately, the Catholic Church has been trying to identify those next steps for years now. Just today, the Pope authorized an investigation into claims that a West Virginia bishop sexually harassed adults. This comes in the wake of a Pennsylvania grand jury report documenting the sexual abuse and assaults of more than 1,000 children by hundreds of Catholic priests. Closer to home, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley has been implicated — along with Pope Francis — by an archbishop who accuses church leaders of covering up for ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington when he was accused of sexually abusing both children and adults.

Jim Braude was joined by Mitchell Garabedian, who's represented thousands of victims of church abuse; Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of the group Bishop-Accountability.org, and Michael Rezendes, who was a member of the Globe’s Spotlight team that unearthed the church sexual abuse scandal in Boston.

Diana Levine Turns Her Lens To A Cure
Photographer Diana Levine has photographed Kim Kardashian, Ed Sheeran, Patti LaBelle, and Barack Obama, just to name a few. But in her latest project, Diana Levine is trading celebrity for philanthropy. She's the founder and producer of Photo Shoot for a Cure — an annual photo-shoot fundraiser here in Boston to raise money for Parkinson's research. Jim Braude was joined by Levine and fellow event photographer Sarah Bastille.

Democracy Brewing
As you may have heard, the Boston area is in the middle of a beer renaissance these days. From old standbys like Harpoon and Sam Adams to relative newcomers like Night Shift, Trillium, and Notch, there’s a local beer for almost every palate — and a brewery for nearly every neighborhood. Now, a new arrival in Downtown Crossing wants to add another ingredient to Boston’s beer scene: politics. Adam Reilly reports.

IMHO: #BagelGate Isn’t The First Of Its Kind – And It Won’t Be The Last
Jim Braude shares his thoughts on politicians and their food faux-paus.