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May 28, 2026

Magnifica Humanitas is Pope Leo, Repeating What Jesus Said.

Press reports and discussions about Magnifica Humanitas have to be brief. They also have to...

April 2025

April 29, 2025

Who am I to Judge was Gospel Truth

Anybody can make mistakes. I’ve made them myself, and I know, no matter how hard...

June 2022

June 15, 2022

“He did it too!” is an Excuse for Children, not Bishops and Priests.

Clergy sex abuse is a big topic, spanning generations of baby-raping clergy and their innocent...

June 18, 2021

God Can Say Enough.

Simon was a sorcerer, a rather famous and successful sorcerer. Evidently, Simon was also at...

June 17, 2021

Rapists and Sex Abusers Don’t Speak for God.

Clergy sex abuse scandals are not limited to Catholic priests, bishops and cardinals. The Southern...

June 14, 2021

The Catholic Bishops and Sexual Sin

When you are dealing with an international organization that has a proven record of corruption...

May 2021

May 26, 2021

McCarrick Report: It’s Not a Few Bad Priests. The Church Itself is Corrupt.

The McCarrick Report said what we already knew. The Catholic Church is guilty of systemic,...

December 2020

December 01, 2020

Bishop DiMarzio Faces Two Sex Abuse Accusations. Victims were 6 and 11.

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, of the Diocese of Brooklyn NY, faces two accusations of child sexual...

May 2020

May 26, 2020

Abortion Kills a Baby. McCorvey’s Confession and User Preachers Don’t Change That.

FX is airing a documentary called AKA Roe. In this documentary, Norma McCorvey, the “Roe”...

February 2020

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...

February 06, 2020

Pope Francis’ to Decide on Release of McCarrick Report

Pope Francis will decide when to release the McCarrick report. According to the Vatican's Secretary...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

And There’s More: Nuns Denounce Their Sexual Abuse by Priests

America Magazine recently published an article about the sexual abuse of nuns by priests....

July 30, 2018

McCarrick and Rother: The Tares and the Wheat Co-Exist in this World

I had planned to write a rather scathing column today. I’ve been on my last...

July 25, 2018

Cardinal McCarrick: Frank Keating Blew the Whistle a Long Time Ago

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was prominent in the Church's response to the clergy sex abuse...

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...

June 2015

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...

June 15, 2015

Pope Accepts Resignation of Two US Bishops Who are Charged with Sex Abuse Cover-Up

Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of two more American bishops because the bishops were...

June 06, 2015

Minnesota Archdiocese Charged with Mishandling Sexual Misconduct

Prosecutors filed criminal charges against the Archdiocese of St Paul Minneapolis due to what prosecutors...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

Pope Accepts Bishop Finn’s Resignation

The Roman Catholic Church in America is under attack from many directions. First, it is...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

Advent: Come Lord Jesus

The Bible ends with a poignant verse. Come Lord Jesus, cries in a voice that...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Pope Deep-Sixes Two Bishops over Child Sex Abuse

The Vatican laicized Jozef Wesolowski, the former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, for having sex with...

July 2014

July 11, 2014

Confession, the Courts and Going to Hell

If a priest reveals what he’s heard in confession, will he go to hell?...

July 11, 2014

Pope Francis: Sex Abuse is a Sacrilegious Cult

Our Papa brings it with this extraordinary reflection on sex abuse. Have I mentioned...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Vatican: Archbishop Kicked Out for Sex with Minors

It’s about time. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of he Faith has ordered...

June 21, 2014

Pope Francis Excommunicates the Mafia

Pope Francis excommunicated all members of the Mafia today. It is rare indeed for...

June 16, 2014

Archbishop Carlson’s Deposition Reveals a Painful Truth: He’s Just Like Us

It’s a bitter pill for Catholics, watching the videos of Archbishop Carlson’s testimony. I...

June 14, 2014

You Made Your Choice Mr Archbishop. It’s a Done Deal.

Deacon Greg, as usual, has the story. So, there's this Archbishop in St Louis who...

May 2014

May 07, 2014

The UN and the Vatican: Politicizing Torture to Defend Abortion

The Vatican went before the UN Convention on Torture to answer questions about the...