Taking On Issues: On Sunday, August 26, the day after the Vigano testimony was published, a young Catholic priest named Juan Carlos Gavancho preached a bold homily in the Santa Barbara, California, parish where he was assistant pastor. He preached about scandal, and … Continue reading
Aleteia, Matthew Becklo: As the darkness of evil and corruption continues to cast its shadow on the Catholic Church today, one group of priests belonging to an ancient religious order is determined to help counter it with healing light. The … Continue reading
Calls Pope’s reaction a ” classic non-denial denial.” Not sure if this “non-denial denial” is a correct translation of the German. Seems to me that the original is simply “classic non-denial.” I will have to email Maike Hickson to find … Continue reading
Catholic Exchange, K.V. Turley: On 8 June 1925, the following news item appeared in the Irish Independent: Unknown Man’s Death An elderly man collapsed in Granby Lane [Dublin] yesterday, and being taken to Jervis Street Hospital he was found to be dead. … Continue reading
Good thing. The whole idea of youth synods is preposterous, especially in view of the draft of the working document on the synod which states: “A working document for the upcoming Synod on Youth released in March — allegedly drafted by young … Continue reading
National Review, Jack Crowe: In an interview released on Wednesday, Bishop Steven Lopes castigated his fellow bishops and cardinals for denying that they knew of disgraced cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s alleged sexual abuse of seminarians and adolescents before it was revealed this … Continue reading
Astonishing. And too common. So, it took a public backlash to prevent a shepherd of the Church from indulging in this outrageous offense against moderation and frugality? No, he did not take a vow of poverty, BUT come on! KPIX5, … Continue reading
Spirit Daily: There’s a good chance you’ve heard of it, that old coal town in eastern Pennsylvania that was abandoned due to an unstoppable fire in the mine beneath it. Smoke issues from cracks in what were streets; vegetation has died. … Continue reading
This article, oddly enough, appeared in America, the Jesuit review, in 2005. It is most relevant considering today’s abuse crisis with the clergy. However, his criticism of Pope Leo IX’s being too lenient cannot be true. Leo IX was a … Continue reading
LifeSIteNews, Maike Hickson: Bishop Eleganti, in a response to this current criticism, today gave an interview to kath.ch, the Swiss bishops’ news website. In it, he makes it clear that it is itself a form of “cover-up” when people unjustly “exclude the … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews, Maike Hickson: Two confidants of Pope Francis – Father Antonio Spadaro, S.J and the journalist Andrea Tornielli – have both sent out messages in recent days that Catholic faithful should not expect to hear more from the Pope concerning the … Continue reading
Good advice on a Church mandate not just a counsel. However, I wish that the author of this excellent article had not used that compromising term “significant other.” Catholic Herald, Peter D. Williams: We find ourselves approaching the end of … Continue reading
Catholic Herald: Cardinal Blase Cupich has described the remarks by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò as “astonishing” and denied any knowledge of being appointed at the behest of Archbishop McCarrick. The cardinal also reiterated his view that homosexual clergy are no more … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews, Maike Hickson: The current abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is closely related to homosexuality, Bishop Marian Eleganti, the Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland said. Bishop Eleganti said this in an interview in Ireland during the World Meeting of Families. … Continue reading
Yes, be there or be square. Sister Mary Frolich, RSCJ is on the move “along the evolutionary tree.” Let’s help her “move along.” Fr. Z’s blog: The theological approach I am embracing is that Christ was already beginning to be incarnated from … Continue reading
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