Catholic Church

January 15, 2019

Wuerl Denies His Prior Denials Denied Knowing McCarrick Seminarian Abuse

By J.D. Flynn, CNA - Cardinal Donald Wuerl told priests of the Archdiocese of Washington on Saturday that he appropriately handled a 2004 allegation of sexual misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick. The cardinal also claimed his recent denials of knowledge concerning McCarrick’s alleged misdeeds pertained only to the sexual abuse of minors.

January 15, 2019

George Weigel: Lay Collaboration and Episcopal Authority

By George Weigel, EWTN News - Great expectations surround that meeting; those expectations should be lowered. In four days, the presidents of more than 100 bishops’ conferences and the leaders of a dysfunctional Roman Curia are not going to devise a universal template for the reform of the priesthood and the episcopate. What the February meeting can do is set a broad agenda for reform, beginning with a ringing affirmation of the Church’s perennial teaching on chastity as the integrity of love.

January 15, 2019

LifeNews: Judge Forces Little Sisters of the Poor and Christian Groups to Fund Abortions

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - A group of charitable nuns will be forced pay for drugs that may cause abortions in their employee health plans as a result of a federal judge’s ruling Sunday... The ruling by Judge Haywood Gilliam, a nominee of pro-abortion President Barack Obama, blocks the Trump administration from enforcing rules that provide wider religious exemptions to groups like Little Sisters of the Poor, the Washington Examiner reports.

January 14, 2019

Julie Asher: Shutdown Won’t Deter Crowds From Marching for Life

By Julie Asher, Catholic Herald - Neither snow nor sleet – nor a partial government shutdown – will keep pro-lifers away from Washington, DC for the March for Life on January 18... If it continues, the shutdown will be almost a month old by then. Daily news reports show the closures of monuments, memorials and the Smithsonian museums in Washington and trash cans overflowing on some federal property – images that might lead some folks around the country to think it is affecting big events planned for the nation’s capital.