Catholic Church

July 19, 2019

WV Catholics Threaten Donations Boycott, Archbishop Caves, by Stephen Wynne

By Stephen Wynne, Church Militant - West Virginia Catholics have won a crucial victory in the struggle to purge their diocese of corruption… On Wednesday, Abp. William Lori, apostolic administrator of Wheeling-Charleston, announced a raft of reforms aimed at strengthening oversight of diocesan finances. The move came just before a lay-led financial boycott of the diocese… In a public letter, Lori pledged to hire an outside auditing firm to conduct an annual independent review of diocesan income and expenditures, and to publicly report its findings.

July 18, 2019

“The Hour of Power,” Roman Edition, by Rocco Palmo

By Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia - For a quarter-century, that verse of the Psalmist was Dr Robert Schuller's sign-on from this crystal sanctuary as he began his Sunday broadcasts across the globe... and now, it's fitting to return to it on this day, as one of American Christianity's most prominent and cherished venues begins its second incarnation as a Catholic church and the seat of this 1.5 million-member diocese, now one of the US' ten largest.

July 18, 2019

At the Vatican, Two Mysteries—One Probably Easy to Resolve, by Phil Lawler

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Just a few days after announcing that excavations inside the Vatican yielded no evidence to shed light on the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, the Vatican has now said that some human remains were found, and the investigation will continue. What’s going on here?.. The short answer: in all probability, not much. Not much, that is, of interest to anyone but historians and archeologists.

July 18, 2019

A ‘Wealth’ of Resources Available to St. Louis Women With Unexpected Pregnancies, by Mary Farrow

By Mary Farrow, CNA - With a law banning abortions after roughly eight weeks of pregnancy and one remaining abortion clinic whose licensure is being debated in court, Missouri has been described as a state “hostile” to abortion… While the state may be increasingly restricting abortions, it has numerous programs that provide a wealth of resources and support to thousands of women in need… “Our aim is for those moms who want to give life to their baby, we provide them with all sorts of alternatives (to abortion),” Michael Meehan, Executive Director of Good Shepherd Children and Family Services in St. Louis, told CNA.