Catholic Church

By Emily Ward,CNSNews - Pope Francis’s “silence” on the sexual misconduct of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is “deafening,” said Catholic Women’s Forum Director Mary Hasson on Thursday, following a meeting the Pope held in Rome with U.S. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo and other prelates about sexual abuse and cover-up in the Catholic Church... “The Pope’s silence is deafening, and I worry that the cardinals are coming home empty-handed, with no further word on whether the Pope will pursue an official investigation,” Hasson said.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - We tend to lie to ourselves about many things; we are even “glad” at times to have others lie to us. This is especially true in matters related to flattery and vanity. Perhaps we can label these “vain lies.”.. There are other lies that are far more serious in their impact because they besmirch the truth that is necessary for us to thrive and even to be saved. Let’s call these “damnable lies.” Of these St. Paul warned,.. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear (2 Tim 4:3).

By Beverly Stevens, Regina Magazine - Busy week we've had here in America. As of Friday, six US states have opened investigations into dioceses, including heavy hitters Illinois, New York and New Jersey.... The USCCB's response has been to express the need for more refinements of their procedures, which call has been met with widespread disdain from an enraged laity.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - If he saw the problem as urgent, the Pope, as the Church’s supreme legislator, could require all the world’s episcopal conferences to adopt norms suggested by his commission. Instead, he’s convened a meeting—in five months—to talk about the issue some more... Or rather, to talk about a part of the issue.