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May 2021

May 17, 2021

Jesuit Provincial in China To Become New Bishop of Hong Kong

Big news today out of Rome as it's being reported that Pope Francis has named...

May 10, 2021

Women Religious Are Speaking Out Against Voter Suppression. Why Not The Bishops?

From Catholic News Service: The Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the National Black...

April 2021

April 23, 2021

Bishop Robert Barron and Critical Race Theory

Bishop Robert Barron, the well-known auxiliary of Los Angeles who founded the Word on...

March 2021

March 20, 2021

Book Review: “Birth of a Movement. Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church.”

In some Catholic media settings, there are people you're advised not to talk to, or...

January 2021

January 04, 2021

Former Catholic News Agency Editors Launch New Journalism Venture, The Pillar.

The dust is still settling at the Eternal Word Television Network with its recent programming...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

In The News: EWTN Drops Gloria Purvis’ Morning Glory Show

The Eternal Word Television Network didn't come out and say it outright. "EWTN drops Gloria...

October 2020

October 06, 2020

Cardinal Pell Accuser Shoots Down Bribery Allegations as Cardinal Becciu Faces New Allegations of Financial Wrongdoing

The Associated Press is reporting that the Australian man who accused Cardinal George Pell of...

September 2020

September 14, 2020

The Father James Altman Episode is a Case Study in Manipulation and Division

If you didn't know who Father James Altman was before last week, you probably know...

September 02, 2020

Spotlight: The Catholic Church in West Virginia and Accountability for Bishops

When someone tells you, "I'm sorry if I said or did something to upset you,"...

August 2020

August 01, 2020

The Catholic Church, Not Pro Sports, Should be Leading the Fight Against Racism

The Catholic Church in the United States, not the NBA, should be leading the charge...

July 2020

July 17, 2020

Reporter’s Notebook: Clergy Sex Abuse Accountability.

I interviewed Francesco Cesareo, the former chairman of the National Review Board, last week for...

July 01, 2020

Extra Quotes from My Interview with EWTN Radio’s Gloria Purvis on Racism, the Catholic Response to Bigotry and Her Pro-Life Convictions.

Last week, I interviewed Gloria Purvis, the lead host of EWTN Radio's Morning Glory show,...

June 2020

June 24, 2020

Gloria Purvis of EWTN Tells Our Sunday Visitor “Racism is Demonic.”

I had a GREAT interview this week for Our Sunday Visitor with Gloria Purvis, the...

April 2020

April 11, 2020

A Former Court Reporter’s Take On The Cardinal Pell Case

There may well have been too much reasonable doubt to sustain Cardinal George Pell's conviction....

April 03, 2020

No, God Did Not Send Coronavirus To Punish Us For Sin.

You can tell a lot about a person based on how they understand God. Whether...