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August 2018

August 31, 2018

Questions about Pope Benedict, Viganò, McCarrick and those sanctions

Edward Pentin, who broke the story last week, adds this tidbit today about one of...

August 31, 2018

Must-read: ‘Our religion should be known first for how we care for those most in need’

From the great Deacon Bill Ditewig, who finds a call to humility and compassion in...

August 31, 2018

Prayer request: Jesuit president of University of Scranton reveals he has ALS

Just days ago, you'll recall, the university announced it was removing the names of some...

August 31, 2018

Cardinal Wuerl to his priests: ‘I now ask myself what is the way I can best serve this Church that I, too, much love’

The embattled cardinal archbishop of Washington sent the following letter to his priests, which was...

August 31, 2018

Canadian archbishop: ‘The Church is not this, OK! The Church is not the sum of our faults.’

From Canada's The Catholic Register newspaper: Even as he faces another sex abuse case in...

August 30, 2018

Seminarians served as assistants to McCarrick after retirement

From CNA: The Archdiocese of Washington has confirmed that seminarians were permitted to serve as...

August 30, 2018

President of Ave Maria University issues statement strongly supporting Pope Francis

This was released yesterday, from the school's president Jim Towey: There is nothing new about...

August 30, 2018

Catholic judge speaks of ‘sanctity of life’—and then imposes death penalty

Via The Cincinnati Enquirer: Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Patrick Dinkelacker sent serial killer Anthony...

August 30, 2018

A priest writes: ‘Be angry. Be sad. Be disgusted. But do it rightly.’

The terrific Father Goyo Hidalgo from Simi Valley, California, posted this on his Facebook page....

August 30, 2018

‘Getcher hot news now!’

A couple weeks ago, a parishioner who follows this blog asked me if she could...

August 30, 2018

John McCain’s faith

A glimpse at another side of the late war hero, via Maeve Reston at CNN: He...

August 30, 2018

‘Love requires sacrifice. There are those among you who know the truth. Tell it now.’

Elizabeth Bruenig of The Washington Post describes her efforts to interview former Cardinal McCarrick—and says...

August 29, 2018

‘The primary message of the Catholic faith remains the same’

Something heartening and unexpected: an editorial in support of the Catholic faithful, from a secular...

August 28, 2018

Carlo Maria Viganò: ‘The man who took on the pope’

That's how The New York Times describes Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò in a new report out...

August 28, 2018

Report: Gänswein denies that Pope Benedict confirmed Viganò’s allegations

The source is a German newspaper. Translation is below. Details: Archbishop Georg Gänswein, private secretary...

August 28, 2018

Tobin on Viganò: ‘I do think it’s about limiting the days of this pope…neutering his voice’

The New York Times has reaction to the recent bombshell—and some of the backstory behind...

August 27, 2018

Archdiocese of Washington statement on Viganò calls for review of his tenure as nuncio

From The Archdiocese of Washington website: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former Apostolic Nuncio to...

August 27, 2018

Bishop: ‘I commit myself to a full day and night of public penance…’

This is something exceptional, from my longtime Facebook friend Bishop Robert Reed in Boston, a...

August 27, 2018

On Viganò: ‘Take it seriously, but with a large grain of salt’

John Allen puts the weekend's big news into welcome perspective: Over and over again on...

August 26, 2018

Pope Francis: Viganò’s statement speaks for itself

From Catholic News Service: Pope Francis said Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's long document calling on...

August 26, 2018

U.S. bishop: ‘They are still allegations but as your shepherd I find them to be credible’

Hours after the story broke, we now have the first significant episcopal response to the...

August 26, 2018

Ordination update: 11 new deacons for San Bernardino

Some good news, for a change! Bishop Gerald Barnes ordained the 11 men on Saturday...

August 25, 2018

Bombshell: Former nuncio Viganò says Pope Francis covered up for McCarrick, calls on him to resign

From Edward Pentin at the National Catholic Register: In an extraordinary 11-page written testament, a...

August 25, 2018

Who will replace Cardinal Wuerl?

That question is now being asked, more frequently and more insistently, as newspapers and social...

August 25, 2018

Does your parish pray the ‘St. Michael Prayer’?

In my travels around the country, I've encountered a few places where the bishop has...

August 25, 2018

Prayers for Tim Conway

Details: Tim Conway — best known for roles on “McHale’s Navy” and “The Carol Burnett Show”...

August 25, 2018

Pennsylvania priest charged with indecent assault

This didn't get much attention when the story broke earlier in the week, but it's...

August 25, 2018

BREAKING: Pope acknowledges ‘repugnant crimes’ of sex abuse, failures of bishops

From CNS: Acknowledging the failures "of bishops, religious superiors, priests and others" in the Catholic...

August 24, 2018

Buffalo public officials, Catholic radio station, deacon join call for bishop to resign

The calls for the bishop's resignation come in the wake of an investigation by TV...

August 24, 2018

Rector to seminarians: ‘We are part of a diseased body not of our own making’

This homily was delivered by the Rev. Matthew Kauth, rector St. Joseph College Seminary in the...