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April 2020

April 06, 2020

Australian High Court Overturns Cardinal Pell’s Conviction.

Australia's high court overturned Cardinal Pell's conviction on five counts of child sex abuse today....

February 2020

February 24, 2020

The Bishops, the Pope and Fr James Martin. Sheesh.

Here's the story. A group of American bishops from what news reports characterize as the...

February 21, 2020

Cardinal Pell’s Final Appeal Will be Heard March 11-12.

Cardinal Pell's petition to overturn his conviction for sexual abuse will be heard in the...

February 19, 2020

Priest Offers Sufferings of His Brain Tumor for Victims of Clergy Sex Abuse

Fr John Hollowell, was so moved by the suffering of victims of clergy sex abuse...

January 2020

January 14, 2020

Update! Pope Emeritus Benedict Removes His Name from Book Undercutting Pope Francis’ Authority as Pope.

Sometimes people get caught up in things without realizing the impact they will have. It...

October 2018

October 25, 2018

Pope Francis Fires Bishop of Memphis

Pope Francis has removed Bishop Martin Holley, the bishop of Memphis Tennessee. Bishop Holley was...

October 22, 2018

Priest and Key Witness in Nun Rape Case Found Dead

Americans are scarcely aware of the horrific scandal in the Church in India. It involves...

July 2018

July 24, 2018

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick: Sexual Predator in a Red Hat

Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered and I will turn my...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

Blessed Stanley Rother, the Shepherd Who Did Not Run

Blessed Stanley Rother's life and death offer religious leaders who are honestly seeking to follow...

December 14, 2016

I Am Standing with the Pope. Glad You Noticed.

This isn’t about me, and I’m not trying to make it about me. But I’ve...

December 07, 2016

The Pope has Spoken and I Accept It.

I’ve been standing on the sidelines, watching the hate-Pope-Francis movement tear into the fabric...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

The Bishop Must Stand. If the Bishop Fails, All the People Will Run Away

The Synod on the Family has finally adjourned, leaving behind a document for us to...

October 22, 2015

Small Groups Release Concluding Reports on Instrumentum Laboris

The Synod on the Family moved closer to a conclusion with the release of small...

October 22, 2015

He’s Out! Bishop Laicizes Priest Who “Came Out” on Eve of Synod

My friend Kathy Schiffer has the story. Remember the high-ranking Vatican priest who chose the opening...

October 21, 2015

No Matter What the Synod Does, I Will Keep on Doing What I’ve Been Doing

Conscience is a weak reed on which to lay the foundation of your eternal destiny....

October 21, 2015

Nearly 500 British Priests Urge Synod to Stand Firm on Communion for Remarried

Nearly 500 British priests sent a letter to the Synod Fathers, urging them to stand...

October 07, 2015

Two Priests In Trouble for Having Boyfriends. Is There a Difference Between Them?

This is a post about two prominent priests. The first prominent priest held a powerful...

October 01, 2015

It’s Synod Time Again. That Scares Me.

It's almost Synod time again. After last year's Synod on the Family, I almost wish...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Pope Francis and Caring for the Least of These

Pope Francis preached an extraordinary extemporaneous sermon in answer to a question in Cuba. It was...

September 21, 2015

Left Wing Media Tries to Hijack Pope Francis for Its Secular Agenda

Redefining Francis to fit their political agenda is the new game of the left. It...

August 2015

August 22, 2015

Swiss Catholic LGBT Money Targets African Bishops Ahead of Synod

Ka-Ching! Politics of any sort runs on money, and the Church has its own politics....

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Don’t Go to Battle for Christ Before You Go to Spiritual Boot Camp

Make no mistake about it: The culture wars are going to get hot and hotter....

July 17, 2015

The Future of the Catholic Church is the Same as Its Past

Ok, so I'm the daughter of a mechanic, the granddaughter of a laborer who at...

July 06, 2015

“A Shepherd Cannot Run Away,” Father Stanley Rother, Martyr

This is my first blog post for the National Catholic Register. It's about Father Stanley...

July 06, 2015

10 Things You can Do to Save Your Family and Change the World

I'm going to launch into the political ramifications of the Supreme Court Decision destroying marriage...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Did Your Pastor Preach on the Supremes’ Decision on Gay Marriage?

This is an informal, non-scientific poll that I'm conducting from my own curiosity. Did you...

June 17, 2015

Bishop Tobin, You Can’t Lead People by Bashing and Shaming Them.

Bishops are teachers, leaders and administrators. They are also priests. When a bishop becomes so...

June 17, 2015

Cafeteria Catholics Wear Red as Well as Blue

It was a rout. They knocked one another down, running away from Him. The temple...

June 16, 2015

Vatican Puts Former Nuncio to Dominican Republic on Trial for Child Sex Abuse, Porn.

The Vatican plans to put former Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, who served as the Vatican ambassador to...

June 16, 2015

Climate Change Crosses Political Lines: What’s a Bishop to Do?

So, Pope Francis has written a soon-to-be-released encyclical on the environment. Long before we got...