Catholic Church

By Christine Niles, M.St. (Oxon.), J.D., Church Militant - A Texas bishop is calling on an alleged homosexual predator priest to be placed on leave while two investigations into abuse are ongoing.In a Sept. 4 tweet, Bp. Joseph Strickland of the diocese of Tyler insisted Msgr. Walter Rossi, rector of the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., should be suspended while under investigation for homosexual predation.

By George Weigel, Denver Catholic - By the Gargantuan standards of the 21st-century National Football League, Gino Marchetti, who died this past April 29, was undersized at 6-foot-4 and a mere 245 pounds. But he was arguably the greatest pass rusher in pro football history. The official record, 22 and a half quarterback “sacks” over sixteen games, was recorded by Michael Strahan in 2001.

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, 74… explained that Francis wishes both the Academy for Life and the John Paul II Institute, of which Paglia is grand chancellor, to work “more broadly.”… One widening Pope Francis and Paglia envision is a rejection of absolute norms regarding human life and a redefinition of what it means… “Rather, the term ‘life’ must be redefined, moving from an abstract conception to a ‘personal’ dimension: life is people, men and women, both in the individuality of each person and in the unity of the human family.”