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November 2018

November 26, 2018

Bishop Morlino funeral arrangements

From the Diocese of Madison: Catholics of the Diocese of Madison will solemnly lay Bishop...

November 24, 2018

UPDATE on Bishop Morlino: ‘Our hope lays in a miracle…’

From the diocesan Facebook page: Your urgent prayers are needed –The following message was sent...

November 23, 2018

Prayers for Madison’s Bishop Morlino — UPDATED

From a statement sent out this morning: On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, the Feast of...

November 14, 2018

A bishop in Baltimore: We bishops need to undergo true personal conversion

"Perhaps we must first have the courage to face Jesus in contrition and humility, to...

November 14, 2018

Memphis priest disputes Bishop Holley’s account, calls him ‘dictatorial and autocratic’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=fZ1BBUcqaaM Bishop Martin Holley appeared on EWTN (video above) shortly after he was removed as...

November 13, 2018

Survivors speak out in Baltimore: ‘We’re angry. And we’re not going away’

CNS has posted this video from a protest yesterday near the USCCB gathering in Baltimore:...

November 13, 2018

‘The February meeting better deliver something dramatic, or there will be blood in the water’

So, what happened yesterday at the USCCB meeting in Baltimore? Here's a very good assessment...

November 12, 2018

Shock: Vatican cancels USCCB vote on sex abuse reform measures

From CNA: Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference has told the American...

November 10, 2018

Buffalo parishioners use the collection basket to send a message

Yesterday, I reported on concerns that the ongoing sex abuse crisis will affect Catholic giving....

November 03, 2018

‘Failure at the top’: landmark investigation shows how bishops failed to police themselves

A sobering and, frankly, shocking assessment from a combined analysis of The Boston Globe and...

November 01, 2018

Bishop Grinch: Braxton angers parents when he tells children Santa isn’t real — UPDATE

Good grief: The bishop of the Belleville Diocese in southern Illinois apparently had two very...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

ICYMI: The stunning interview with the Buffalo sex abuse whistleblower on ’60 Minutes’

The clip above, an outtake available only online, features Siobhan O'Connor, longtime assistant to...

October 27, 2018

What does the final document from the Synod say?

Vatican Media has a preview: On Saturday afternoon, the Final Document of the XV Ordinary...

October 27, 2018

Footloose: bishops and young people dance at Synod

The short clip above shows part of the festivities last night. From Vatican Media: ...

October 27, 2018

‘An uncontrolled wildfire’: Feds tell Catholic bishops not to destroy sex abuse documents

From The New York Times: The Department of Justice has sent a sweeping request to...

October 26, 2018

Sex abuse crisis: Buffalo whistleblower, deacon to appear on ’60 Minutes’

In the video here, you can see part of Correspondent Bill Whitaker's interview with Deacon...

October 24, 2018

Out: Pope removes Memphis Bishop Holley

The ongoing troubles in Memphis continue. From CNA: Pope Francis Wednesday removed Bishop Martin D....

October 23, 2018

BREAKING: D.C. Attorney General launches investigation into sex abuse by Catholic clergy

From The Washington Post: D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine said Tuesday that his office...

October 21, 2018

Since this is such a quiet, uneventful time in Church history, let’s tinker with hymn translations

Seriously. This is what the U.S. bishops will be doing — among other things —...

October 21, 2018

Sex talk at the Synod

It's been a big topic of conversation among some of the working groups. From CNS: ...

October 18, 2018

Archbishop Chaput: ‘We’re a family of faith, not a religious General Motors’

The archbishop of Philadelphia gave an interview this week to Adam Sosnowski, which will be published...

October 17, 2018

Cardinal Sarah: ‘Jesus did not lower the requirements of his call’ and neither should the church

From CNS: Just because some young people disagree with Catholic moral teaching, including in the...

October 16, 2018

‘Our American priests and deacons should be picking their own bishops’

This is an idea getting more and more traction—and now it's popped up on The...

October 15, 2018

Cupich: Bishops must cede some rights for the sake of accountability

From La Stampa: Individual Catholic bishops across the United States must renounce some of the...

October 12, 2018

Wuerl out: reaction and analysis

From The Washington Post: Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignation of Washington’s archbishop, Cardinal...

October 08, 2018

Founder of Courage urged bishops to ‘rehabilitate’ abusive priests and return them to ministry

Some fascinating and important history here, from Crux: Amid this summer’s wave of sexual abuse...

October 04, 2018

Chaput at Synod: ‘LGBT’ should not be used in Church documents

Edward Pentin reports: There is no such thing as an LGBTQ, “transgender” or “heterosexual” Catholic...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Where is McCarrick? Here. — UPDATED

This item was posted today, on the Archdiocese of Washington website: In late July 2018,...

September 21, 2018

Archbishop to priests: ‘Our people still believe in God, but they don’t believe in us’

From the homily delivered by Miami's Archbishop Thomas Wenski at the opening of the convocation...

September 20, 2018

Auxiliary bishop voluntarily withdraws from public ministry ‘for what I failed to do’

Details: The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay has approved a request by retired auxiliary Bishop...