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August 2018

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

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...

August 21, 2018

UPDATE: Attack on Byzantine priest branded a ‘hate crime’

A followup on yesterday's report, via The Chicago Tribune: Police are investigating an attack on...

August 21, 2018

Cardinal says some abuse accusers ‘should be careful’ because ‘they have long tails’

From Crux: Swimming against the tide of promises to crack down on abuse and cover-up...

August 20, 2018

Assailant attacks Byzantine priest, shouting ‘This is for all the kids!’

From my friend and brother deacon Daniel Dozier, who received this communication from the chancery...

August 20, 2018

Sign of rage: Name defaced at Cardinal Wuerl High School in Pennsylvania

Details: As pressure grows to have Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s name removed from North Catholic High...

August 20, 2018

BREAKING: Pope Francis issues letter to the People of God on sex abuse crisis

From Vatican News: “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it.” These words, taken...

August 19, 2018

’This morning at Mass, I witnessed something I have never seen…’

This account appeared on Twitter Sunday, written by Catholic theologian Dr. Susan Reynolds. It’s quickly...

August 18, 2018

A priest writes: ‘I started crying, right there in front of hundreds of people…’

Late today, a friend on Facebook noted that his priest got choked up tonight during...

August 18, 2018

A deacon survivor of clergy sex abuse: ‘Do not be afraid’

My friend and brother deacon from the Diocese of Brooklyn, Dr. Phil Franco, posted this...

August 16, 2018

Vatican issues statement on Pennsylvania Grand Jury

From Vatican News: On Thursday evening, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg...

August 16, 2018

USCCB: ‘This is a moral catastrophe’

The latest, from the USCCB: Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the United...

August 16, 2018

After Pennsylvania: ‘It’s really hard to be a Catholic…’

From The New York Times, a story about something so many of us are feeling...

August 15, 2018

The tragedy of Father Kevin Kayda: Now we know the rest of the story

Several years ago on this blog, I posted the sad news that a young priest...

August 14, 2018

Bishops respond to grand jury report: ‘We we are shamed by and sorry for the sins and omissions…’

The big story today, via The New York Times: Bishops and other leaders of the...

August 13, 2018

How social media is helping break the story of clerical sex abuse

It wasn't a prominent player in 2002— but it is now. From CNS: Magazines and...

August 10, 2018

BREAKING: O’Malley opens investigation into Boston seminary, puts rector on leave

From CNS: The Archbishop of Boston said in an Aug. 10 statement that he has...

August 10, 2018

Richard Sipe dies

From The New York Times: A. W. Richard Sipe, a researcher, psychotherapist and former priest...

August 09, 2018

Bishop Barron speaks out on the ‘McCarrick Mess’

The American Church's most visible evangelist, Bishop Robert Barron, weighs in: Permit me to say...

August 09, 2018

The current crisis: what can we do?

Elizabeth Scalia has some clear-eyed, concrete ideas: We feel lost, but we mustn’t. God is...

August 07, 2018

New bishop on the McCarrick scandal: ‘It is almost unbearable. This cannot continue.’

I had the privilege of breaking bread with Jefferson City's Bishop Shawn McKnight during our...

August 06, 2018

‘Dear Bishops, please pay attention…’ — UPDATED

Elizabeth Scalia notes some news out of Washington this morning — and says what a...

August 01, 2018

A priest’s open letter to McCarrick: ‘You had no right…’

From Father Mark White—formerly of the Archdiocese of Washington but now in Richmond—via his blog...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

An archbishop writes to his flock: ‘The bitter fruits of the sexual revolution continue to wreak havoc’

From Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City: In response to recent allegations regarding former Cardinal...

July 30, 2018

Australia’s Archbishop Wilson resigns over sex abuse case

From Vatican News: Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Australian Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson of...

July 29, 2018

Albany’s bishop on the McCarrick scandal: ‘At its heart, this is a profoundly spiritual crisis’

The bishop of Albany, Edward B. Scharfenberger, released the following letter to his clergy today, taking...

July 28, 2018

A priest writes to his parishioners about the McCarrick scandal: ‘We do not despair’

The following message was sent to the parishioners of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic community of...