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Christmas Controversy: Did the Pope and a Portuguese Bishop just contradict Marian Dogmas?

VATICAN CITY, December 27, 2018—As Catholic Faithful continue their Christmas celebrations this week, controversy has arisen over two public statements from high-ranking prelates that seemingly contradict Marian Dogmas of the Catholic Church. In an interview given to Portuguese new media, Bishop Manuel Linda of Oporto, Portugal, stated “we should never refer to the physical virginity…

Illinois Attorney General: “The Catholic Church Has Failed in Its Moral Obligation” on Clerical Sex Abuse

Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan released a report on Wednesday that detailed her office’s preliminary findings on clerical sex abuse across the state. Madigan says Catholic dioceses in Illinois have failed to release the names of at least 500 members of the clergy who have been made known to the dioceses as having been accused…

Under Growing Scrutiny, Pope’s C9 Council Becomes C6

Three of the pope’s closest advisers have been removed from their positions, including two who have been entangled in allegations of sexual abuse or abuse cover up. Arguably the most influential group of prelates during the pontificate of Pope Francis has been his council of cardinals known colloquially as the “C9” – nine men hand-chosen…

Archbishop Viganò Breaks Silence About Family Legal Battle

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has finally spoken in his own defense about a decade-long legal battle with his brother, Father Lorenzo Viganò, over the sizable family estate left to the two brothers by their parents. The statement from Viganò comes after a series of increasingly ad hominem attacks on the character of the formal papal nuncio, who…

U.S. Justice Department Opens Investigation into Pennsylvania Clerical Abuse

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, October 17, 2018 (1P5) – The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that the U.S. Justice Department has initiated an investigation into the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. U.S. attorney William McSwain issued and served subpoenas throughout the state of Pennsylvania last week, pursuant to a grand jury report that included cases…

Cardinal Wuerl’s Resignation Finally Accepted

News out of Rome this morning indicates that Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation, submitted two years ago as required at the age of 75, has finally been accepted by the pope. Wuerl, the archbishop of the Washington, D.C. archdiocese and direct successor to disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, has been embroiled in controversy since the allegations…

Search Warrant Executed on Detroit Chancery & Sacred Heart Seminary

OnePeterFive has received word that the Michigan Attorney General executed search warrants at the Archdiocese of Detroit Chancery and Sacred Heart Major Seminary this morning. The search appears to be related to the investigation into the Church’s handling of clerical abuse opened by the Attorney General’s office in August. Sacred Heart seminary’s Vice Rector, Fr.…

Chicago Priest Who Burned Gay Flag Flees after Archdiocese Threatened With Forcible Removal

Just hours ago, new Chicago auxiliary bishop Mark Bartosic arrived unannounced at Resurrection Parish on Chicago’s Northwest Side and told pastor Paul Kalchik that he had just minutes to get his belongings together and vacate the premises, or the police would be called to arrest him for trespassing. Fr. Kalchik was about to perform a…

Cardinal DiNardo Accused of Neglect in Abuse Case While in Rome to Meet with Pope on Abuse Crisis

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has been accused by two alleged victims of clerical abuse of failing to remove their priest abuser from ministry. The alleged perpetrator, Father Manuel LaRosa-Lopez, was arrested in Conroe, Texas on Tuesday on four counts of indecency…

German Bishops Report Indicates Thousands of Cases of Clerical Abuse

A report commissioned by the German Bishops’ Conference, known as the “MHG Study,” has been obtained by media outlets Spiegel Online and Die Ziet, and the findings are staggering: between 1946 and 2014, there were a reported 3,677 cases of abuse reported to have been perpetuated by 1,670 clerics in Germany. The majority of victims…

Bishops Offer Support for Viganò – Six Prelates Voice Their Concern

In the wake of explosive accusations (PDF link) from former apostolic nuncio to the United States Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò about the complicity of high-ranking churchmen – including Pope Francis – in covering up abuse from Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a number of Catholic bishops have issued public statements of support for Viganò and concern over the allegations…

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