Catholic Church

January 9, 2019

Dozens of Catholic Members of Congress are Abortion Activists, Here’s a List

LifeNews Note: Bill Donohue is the president of the Catholic League - The 163 Catholics in the new Congress are split on abortion: almost all Republicans are pro-life and almost all Democrats are abortion-rights advocates. For incumbents, we checked their voting record as scored by NARAL and National Right to Life. Typically, those who received a 100% NARAL score garnered a 0% rating from National Right to Life (which would be most Democrats), and vice versa (which would be most Republicans).

January 8, 2019

Elise Harris: German Cardinal Marx a Lightning Rod in Francis’s Papacy

By Elise Harris, Sr. Correspodent - German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, President of the German Episcopal Conference and archbishop of Munich and Freising… also a member of the pope’s “C9” advisory council. Almost from the moment Francis took office in 2013, he has been a consistent provocateur, taking a leading role in the Vatican’s financial reform as president of the Council for the Economy, pushing for a more progressive interpretation of Francis’s 2016 exhortation on the family

January 8, 2019

Michael Kelly: Archbishop Urges Irish Catholics to Resist New Abortion Law

By Michael Kelly, Catholic Herald - Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, who also is president of the Irish bishops’ conference, said in a message to mark the legislation that the new law “in good conscience cannot be supported”… “In a May 22 referendum, voters opted by a margin of 2-1 to lift the country’s constitutional protection of the right to life of unborn children. The new law will permit abortion on demand up to 12 weeks’ gestation….

January 8, 2019

Analysis: The Non-Trial of Theodore McCarrick, by Ed Condon

By Ed Condon, CNA - While recent media reports suggest that a trial of Archbishop Theodore McCarrick is underway, Vatican sources have told CNA that his case is not being handled by a full judicial process... Sources at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith have confirmed that allegations against McCarrick are being considered through an abbreviated approach called an “administrative penal process.”… That decision gives insight into the strength of evidence against McCarrick, and suggests that resolving sexual abuse allegations against the archbishop is a top priority for Pope Francis and other senior Vatican officials.