Catholic Church

February 21, 2019

Dr. Robert Royal: The Abuse Summit: It’s Only the Beginning

Dr. Robert Royal, Editor-in-chief, The Catholic Thing - And then there’s the recent naming of Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Farrell to the position of camerlengo, the official who declares the pope officially dead and then runs the Vatican, with limited powers, during the interregnum… Farrell lived for six years in the same residence with then-Cardinal McCarrick and claimed – to widespread skepticism – that he had no knowledge of, had never even heard rumors about, McCarrick’s outrages.

February 21, 2019

Fr. Gerald E. Murray: Thank You, Cardinal Mueller

By Fr. Gerald E. Murray, The Catholic Thing - Now that the initial excitement has died down some, it’s a good time to take a calmer look at Cardinal Gerhard Mueller’s recently published Manifesto of Faith. He begins by quoting Our Lord: “Let not your hearts be troubled.” (Jn 14:1) Troubled, indeed, are the faithful in these days. The doctrinal and moral chaos in the Church is manifest and grave.

February 21, 2019

Infidelity: One Cause for Clergy Abuse, by Tom Collingwood

By Tom Collingwood, Catholic Stand - In that context I have always searched for what may be the root causes of why would a priest, bishop or any member of the clergy perform abusive acts, discount them, condone them, or hide them. The sacred vows of a priest have been ignored, violated and corrupted by some. Why? It’s a timely question to ask before the Bishops conference called by the Pope meets in February.

February 21, 2019

The Times, the Abuse Crisis, and the War Against Celibacy, by David G. Bonagura

By David G. Bonagura, Jr., Crisis Magazine - On the eve of the Vatican summit on The Protection of Minors in the Church, the Times, in a panic that homosexuality will be blamed as the cause of the crisis, has decided to go on the offensive to discredit celibacy instead... The Times has long been America’s doyen of the Sexual Revolution, using its pages to push the bounds of accepted sexual practice for decades—recently added to the mainstays of abortion on demand and homosexuality have been attempts to normalize transgender living and open marriages.