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2024-11-18T12:27:41-07:00

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Church Teaching: Death Penalty Inadmissible in all Cases

Last updated on: November 18, 2024 at 12:27 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Mark Shea has the story. S0 does Deacon Greg. The Catechism of the Catholic Church nows teaches that the death penalty is “inadmissible” under any circumstance. This changes the centuries old teaching that the death penalty was admissible after a fair trial. The reasons given for the change are that “new systems of detention have been developed” that allow governments to provide for the public safety without imposing the death penalty, and that the Church itself has developed in its... Read more

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2024-11-18T12:29:58-07:00

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Mea Culpa, Sorta.

Last updated on: November 18, 2024 at 12:29 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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This is a first. For the first time in my life, I’ve been called to task for not being angry enough about rape, sexual assault and child molesting. After all the decades of being kicked around for being too obsessed with these things, it’s a new experience for me, and I must say, I kind of like it. It feels good to see Godly people, holy people who love Jesus finally get riled up about these crimes. In fact, I... Read more

Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal

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2024-11-18T12:32:40-07:00

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Unraveling the Priest Sex Abuse Crisis

Last updated on: November 18, 2024 at 12:32 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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The blame game is alive and well in the Catholic Church today. The clergy sex abuse scandal is a case in point. We’re 20 years in with this scandal, and it’s still rolling. Insofar as their dealings with sexual predator clergy are concerned, the Catholic bishops look like a bunch of drug addicts who promise to get clean and then start using as soon as we turn our backs. They tell us they’ve finally seen the light. We believe them... Read more

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2024-11-18T12:36:22-07:00

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Do We Need Democratic Votes to Confirm Kavanaugh?

Last updated on: November 18, 2024 at 12:36 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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A simple run-down of the numbers shows that we need a few Democratic senators to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. I say that on the assumption that Mr Kavanaugh would, if he was on the United States Supreme Court, vote to overturn Roe v Wade and Casey. There is, however, no proof that he would do this. I also say it with the proviso that I’m beginning to feel more than a little restless about the damage that the court-packing... Read more

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2024-11-18T12:46:25-07:00

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McCarrick: It Began in the Garden

Last updated on: November 18, 2024 at 12:46 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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It’s not just a Catholic bishop problem. It’s not just a Catholic priest problem. It’s not just a problem with men. It’s not a homosexual problem. It’s not a baby boomer problem. It’s not a Democrat problem. It’s not a Republican problem. It’s a human problem. And it began at the Fall. The woman caused me to eat, said the man. The serpent told me to eat, answered the woman. And the blame game entered into us and has not... Read more

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2018-07-30T11:18:00-06:00

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

Last updated on: July 30, 2018 at 11:18 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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America Magazine recently published an article about the sexual abuse of nuns by priests. In a way that’s similar to the McCarrick scandal, this story has been rattling around for quite some time. There are also stories bishops abusing nuns and cover-ups. I’m going to write more about the scope of this scandal tomorrow. But for now, here’s an excerpt of the America article: VATICAN CITY (AP) — The nun no longer goes to confession regularly, after an Italian... Read more

Violence Against Women

2018-07-30T10:00:36-06:00

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

Last updated on: July 30, 2018 at 10:00 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I had planned to write a rather scathing column today. I’ve been on my last nerve regarding Christian clergy of every denomination ever since so many of them came out to attack the victims and back the child molester in last year’s election to replace Attorney General Sessions in the United States Senate. That repudiation of the Gospels on the part of so many religious leaders and their weak-headed followers sent me off in a crisis of faith that rivaled... Read more

2018-07-28T11:09:48-06:00

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Give Me a Minute. I’m Thinking.

Last updated on: July 28, 2018 at 11:09 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I haven’t finished what I need to say about the priest sexual abuse crisis. But I need a bit of time to formulate the next installments. I’m thinking about what I want to say and how to say it. I’ll post the next column on Monday. Until then, have a wonderful weekend, mis amigos. God loves you, each and every one. Read more

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2018-07-25T10:40:43-06:00

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

Last updated on: July 25, 2018 at 10:40 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was prominent in the Church’s response to the clergy sex abuse crisis the United States. That was early days in the crisis. Pope John Paul II was pope, and the Vatican was still sniffing and tutting and dismissing the scandal as an overheated “American problem.” Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating was asked to head the lay oversight commission. Governor Keating had been an FBI agent, and was a former state senator who served with me the... Read more

2018-07-24T19:21:08-06:00

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Cardinal Theodore McCarrick: Sexual Predator in a Red Hat

Last updated on: July 24, 2018 at 7:21 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered and I will turn my hand against the little ones. Zechariah. You will all fall away. For it is written, strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. Jesus Christ The evidence is piling up that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is a long-standing sexual predator. It appears that this was an open secret inside upper-level Church circles, but the boys in black kept mum and covered for him. Evidently, at least one... Read more

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