Too often, the modus operandi in the Church continues to be ignoring problems priests have. So often we look at them and assume as long as they aren’t minors or major PR disasters, we can ignore them. This silence is a disaster!
Grounds for hope are not found in institutional reform, psychological analysis, or new programs and protocols, but rather in a return to Jesus Christ.
Resources on the abuse crisis are assembled in a convenient e-reader
Pope Francis has spent much of his pontificate denouncing this phenomenon. But what is it exactly?
US Roman Catholic bishops have begun a week-long retreat in Mundelein, Illinois, to focus on the church's sexual abuse scandals. But the way they're doing it is causing a backlash.
This is no time to be dismissive. This is a time to work together for reform and a new springtime of faith in the Church and in the world.
I can declare without fear of contradiction that any and all clerical misbehavior of any kind (financial, sexual or Machiavellian maneuvering) can be laid at
What a statement! Fr. Thomas Petri, OP, of the Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph posted a Twitter thread responding to the New York Times article, “‘It Is Not a Closet. It Is a Cage.’ Gay Catholic Priests Speak Out.” The New York Times report discusses interviews conducted with several priests in the United States who have “come out” as gay, and insists that the ability to do so is freeing and allows them to “be themselves.” However, several faithful Catholics have resp
COMMENTARY: Dear priests: We need you to be holy, first and foremost. We need you to be celibate and honor your vow of chastity. And way down the list of your self-understanding, our understanding of you, comes your identity as ‘gay.’
In the face of the church's manifold sins, we stay because we long for what the church teaches about human life to be true
Joseph Ratzinger looks at the abuse phenomenon through the lens of his own life experience. Continue Reading »
Sexual double lives among the clergy and failures in celibacy formation are among key factors that make priests-to-be vulnerable.
Phoenix shepherd writes about three factors: the sexual revolution, weak seminaries and clericalism.
Yes, stay angry at sin and corruption — but let your anger take the form of holy perseverance, not unholy bitterness.
COMMENTARY: Justice Mark Weinberg’s dissenting opinion should provide the basis for Australia’s High Court to finally correct this awful miscarriage of justice.
Notable commentary and official reactions from around the Church and the world
There will be little real progress unless the summit tackles these three issues — including the “forbidden” topic of homosexuality
Facts do not cease to be true because they hurt someone’s feelings, and speaking the truth is neither bigoted nor hateful.
Church renewal must include the renewal of spiritual fatherhood among the clergy — and an intolerance for bishops who tell lies.
In a new interview, the German cardinal says the “real scandal” is that the Church hasn’t distinguished herself from a society characterized by growing sexualization.
Unity and conversion are required to restore credibility and trust in the context of the sexual abuse, the Holy Father told the bishops.
COMMENTARY: The Aug. 21 ruling against Cardinal George Pell is catastrophic on multiple levels.
Casey Chalk: Recognizing God’s hand in the continuing leadership of the Catholic Church is not a blank check for bishops or the pope.
Just remember: Pray. Learn. Speak Out. Repeat.
Sources at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith have confirmed that allegations against McCarrick are being considered through an abbreviated approach called an “administrative penal process.”
As news of the recent scandal implicating high-ranking officials in the Church, including the pope, has spread across social media, I’ve noticed a few people wh...
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We need to reveal and remove the Lavender Mafias wherever they exist — at Harvard, in Hollywood, and especially in the Church
Some things that happened this summer: (1) We discovered our bishops cannot be trusted with even the smallest things, like the health and moral formation
There is no homosexuality. Of course, there are homosexuals, but there is no one thing, no one condition or syndrome that is homosexuality. If we are to address the “homosexual problem” in the Church…
The prefect for the Congregation for Bishops expresses his firm disagreement with the former nuncio’s testimonies, calling his position “incomprehensible and extremely troubling” and offers to help him “return to communion” with the Holy Father.
How the Church deals with clerical sexual misconduct when it does not involve minors remains a thorny issue, but an increasingly urgent one.
Did McCarrick and other abusers use the grant-making power of the Papal Foundation to curry favor and buy protection from Vatican officials? Continue Reading »
Crises come and pass and even a modest reading of Church history finds the Church sometimes marked by disarray and perplexity.
Theodore McCarrick has been stripped of his status as cardinal for pursuing young men throughout his . . . .
Pope Francis owes the Church some answers.
Individual rights and freedom obviously are essential for human flourishing, but human happiness depends a lot on relationships — kinship and friendship, but also the broader common good, said Dominican Sister Helen Alford.
“In the closet of the Vatican,” a newly released book by the French author and LGBT activist Frederic Martel is generating global media attention and discussion among Vatican figures in Rome.
I have had an uncanny and revealing experience this week. There are three elements to it. Let me describe the first two, as a preface for drawing out a moral imperative for Catholics in these bad…
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