On the morning after his installation Mass in Memphis, Bishop David Talley joined a group of friends and family for a tour of the city’s historic National Civil Rights Museum.

In his opening words to an archdiocese reeling from scandal and accusations of sexual abuse cover-up, the newly appointed leader to Catholics in the nation’s capital, Archbishop Wilton Gregory, pledged to always tell the truth.

As the U.S. Catholic Church faces what is arguably the greatest challenge in its history, Pope Francis has tapped the man who guided the U.S. bishops through the 2002 sexual abuse crisis to lead the archdiocese of the nation’s capital, after its long-serving cardinal resigned under fire last year for his handling of abuse cases earlier in his career.

The U.S. Supreme Court April 1 decided against hearing an appeal by pro-life activist David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, of a lower court’s decision not to dismiss a Planned Parenthood civil suit against him over undercover videos filmed in 2015.

For doctors and other medical personnel not to provide care to babies who survive an abortion “is a lethal form of discrimination against the circumstances of the child’s birth,” said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.

This weekend, the film Unplanned defied expectations and came in #4 at the U.S. box office.

A 400-mile drive from Louisiana to Tennessee may mark the finish line for 68-year-old Bishop David Talley, who begins what may be his final post on Tuesday in Memphis, but for local Catholics it’s a fresh start for a diocese defined by turmoil the past two years.

Longtime civil rights leader and a pioneer in Catholic higher education, Norman Francis, will receive the nation’s oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics.