Catholic Church

By Bruce Walker, Church Militant - After writing the checks, Bransfield was reimbursed by the diocese with a sum more than the original gift to cover taxes, a practice known as "grossing up." Likewise, the diocese's finance director, Michael Deemer, used the "grossing up" method to hide Bransfield's exorbitant personal expenses by increasing his salary by the same amount… William Lori, the Baltimore archbishop assigned by the Vatican to oversee the Bransfield investigation, appears as one of the beneficiaries of Bransfield's generosity with diocesan funds, according to a draft version of the report. At his behest, Lori and the other 10 clerics identified in the draft are omitted from the final report.

By Maike Hickson, LifeSiteNews - On May 26, there took place in Rome an unmistakably beautiful and solemn procession with a statue of Our Lady Queen of the Apostles, presided over by Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the Prefect of the Papal Household and personal secretary of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. After processing on her Patronal Feast with a large statue of Our Lady to the sanctuary Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli in Montagnola – the Queen of Apostles – Archbishop Gänswein encouraged the faithful to venerate Mary as the “Mediatrix of all graces.”