Catholic Church

By Claudia Lauer, AP - Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred at least in part by a shocking grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, an Associated Press review has found... Nearly 50 dioceses and religious orders have publicly identified child-molesting priests in the wake of the Pennsylvania report issued in mid-August, and 55 more have announced plans to do the same over the next few months...

By Carl Anderson, Knights of Columbus - In the face of attacks on the organization by Senators and other public figures, the Supreme Knight argues: “[O] our primary motivation in everything is Christ’s great commandment, that we love God completely and our neighbor as ourselves. . . .This love impels us to our great charitable endeavors on behalf of those in need. From inner cities in the United States to refugee camps in the Middle East our Order’s donations over the last decade — more than one billion dollars and hundreds of millions of hours in volunteer work — are the result of this faith.”

By Catholic News Agency - The 116th Congress was gavelled into session on January 3, bringing almost 100 new lawmakers into office, and with Catholics making up nearly 30 percent of the congressional freshman class… In total, there are 163 Catholics sitting in either the Senate or House of Representatives, a drop of five from the 115th Congress, but still more than 30 percent of the legislature.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Therefore, away with sophistry, rationalizations, and intentions. Our faith must become flesh in the way we act and move.  God’s love for us in not just a theory or idea. It is a flesh and blood reality that can be seen, heard, and touched.  The Word of God and our faith cannot simply remain on the pages of a book or in the recesses of our intellect. They must leap off the pages of the Bible and the Catechism and become flesh in the way we live our life, in the decisions we make, and in the way we use our body, mind, intellect, and will.