In light of today’s news that the pope has “changed the Catechism of the Catholic Church about the death penalty, saying it can never be sanctioned,” we are reprinting this as a reference point for concerned Catholics. –SS, 8/2/2018 When …
I Don’t Want to Talk about It
I’ve spent every one of my 40 years on this planet as a Catholic with no direct contact to the sexual abuse crisis that is currently dominating the headlines in every Catholic publication, and not a few non-Catholic ones besides. …
Harrisburg Diocese Releases Names of Over 70 Priests Accused of Abuse
The Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has just released the names of over 70 members of its clergy who have been accused of sexual abuse in cases spanning back to the 1940s. At a news conference this morning, Bishop Ronald Gainer of …
The Moment Before the Storm
I’ve been sitting at my desk for the better part of three hours, skimming through news and social media, trying to get a sense of things this week. It’s not entirely clear to me what I should say. In my …
Why Do People Have A Problem With the Novus Ordo?
Ever since the new rite of Mass was introduced in 1969, battles over liturgy have ensued. But something has changed: we have reached a critical moment in Church history, namely, the widespread recognition that simply because a pope says or …
Pope Accepts Resignation of Cardinal McCarrick from College of Cardinals
In a statement from the Vatican this morning, it has been announced that the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the College of Cardinals has been accepted in the wake of a rising tide of sexual abuse allegations. The full statement, …
Which McCarrick Network Domino Will Be the First to Fall – And Where Will it Lead?
By now, Catholics the world over are sick of hearing about the not-so-secret life of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Stories that involve unwanted touching of minors and seminarians, strange costumes, familial nicknames, and the Cardinal demanding that young men share his …
Want to be a happier Catholic? Read fantasy.
American Founder and second U.S. president John Adams once extolled his era. Some called it The Age of Reason. It was a time in which people were beginning to know more about their world than they ever had before. Knowledge …
Two Priests Imprisoned: A Strange Story from Pope Francis’s Buenos Aires Days
The question of Fr. Jorge Bergoglio’s relations with the Argentine military regime, which was in power from 1976 to 1983, was treated in 2005 by the journalist Horacio Verbitsky, who accused Bergoglio of deliberately betraying two of his priests, Fathers …
Msgr. Kalin & #MeToo Conservatives
The following guest essay is from Peter Mitchell, a conservative Catholic and former priest. Mitchell was ordained in 1999 and laicized in 2017. He says he “is grateful to be a baptized and practicing Catholic.” The essay originally appeared at The American …
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