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January 2019

January 17, 2019

Vigano Distracts–Again

Archbishop Viganò congratulates Cardinal McCarrick of Washington at a gala dinner sponsored by the...

January 08, 2019

The response to Fr. McCloskey illustrates the failure of the conservative Catholic approach…

...to the sexual abuse crisis. For a brief moment this past summer things began to...

November 2018

November 16, 2018

Our Myth, Their Lie

This is a really good article by somebody who has figured the core falsehood at...

November 13, 2018

The National Catholic Reporter is simply right

So when the Right Wing Noise Machine (Catholic edition) has been so wrong about so...

September 2018

September 14, 2018

Cue “Germans, Amirite?” boilerplate.

Ideologues will read this as proving that churches and people perceived as "liberal" are the...

September 12, 2018

A reader sent along this prescription for the Church…

which seems pretty sound to me. Discuss: The abuse crisis in the church requires three...

September 04, 2018

Sherry Weddell Speaks the Truth

She writes: I've spent the last 21 years traveling the highways and byways of the...

August 2018

August 22, 2018

Thoughts and Prayers without Works is Dead

For a documented period of time spanning 70 years, priests ranging from lowly parish priests...

August 21, 2018

Statement of Catholic Theologians, Educators, Parishioners, and Lay Leaders On Clergy Sexual Abuse in the United States

You can go here to add your signature. God has shown the strength of God’s...

August 20, 2018

Had a painful, but I hope fruitful, conversation about the Scandal with Kristine Franklin

...on Connecting the Dots. Give it a listen here:

August 17, 2018

Finding Hope in the Crisis

It's been a helluva week for the American Church. The hideous scabs ripped off the...

August 01, 2018

A reader well articulates lay frustration with our bishops

A reader writes: Do our bishops get it yet? The evidence so far is not...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Christopher Tollefson is on the Right Track

Over at First Things he writes: My Fellow Catholics, On July 28, I sent the...

July 27, 2018

The McCarrick Scandal

Ross Douthat argues that the Church needs to create a mechanism to hold bishops accountable...

June 2018

June 05, 2018

Can Somebody Give Me a Good Reason…

why American bishops are fighting to maintain the statute of limitations on sexual abuse crimes...

May 2018

May 18, 2018

Every Chilean Bishop Submits His Resignation

This truly astonishing turn of events is due, 100%, to the leadership of Pope Francis,...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

There’s been some promising action from Christendom College…

...in response to the story of rapes and sexual assaults there, broken by Damien and...

July 2017

July 11, 2017

The Case Against Cardinal Pell…

...looks mighty sketchy. I can see why he's looking forward to his day in court....

March 2017

March 01, 2017

Dear Pope Francis and Vatican Sex Abuse Guys

When you've lost Marie Collins, that's a sign you are doing it wrong and need...

February 2017

February 09, 2017

And Now the Horror of the Sex Abuse Crisis…

...unspools in Australia. The best book I have read on this is by a lawyer...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

I’ve been saying since 2002…

...that the day will come when the Catholic Church is damned, not for allowing pedophilia,...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

Francis’ Baffling Chilean Appointment

Bill Doino, Jr. writes: Pope Francis has done many admirable things during his pontificate, not...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Pope’s Sex Abuse Commission Alarmed by Chilean Bishop Appt.

I've defended Francis from a lot of guff from Chicken Littles in St. Blog's (and...

March 12, 2015

Some Bishops are Attempting to Claim Religious Liberty as an Excuse for Screwing Abuse Victims

I'm not making that up: The Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee sought to insulate $55 million of...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

One of the Poisonous Fruits of the Priest Abuse Scandal…

...is that, like the immune system of an AIDS victim, the Church is now vulnerable...

February 18, 2015

Cdl. O’Malley Observes that Many Cardinals are Complete Moral Imbeciles

Sure, he doesn't put it in so many words. But when we read: O’Malley says...

December 2014

December 01, 2014

LA Schools Blame Girl for Sex with Teacher

What is remarkable to me is how all institutions, regardless of whether they are secular...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Excellent!

Francis tightens the screws on abusers and the bishops who assist them.

July 2014

July 08, 2014

I love this guy so much!

Francis meets with abuse victims at Vatican.

June 2014

June 11, 2014

Phil Lawler has Done All the Heavy Lifting

...on the rubbish coming from Abp Carlson and his chancery so that I don't have...

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