Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope, National Catholic Register - The Sixth Commandment is clear — there is a universal call to chastity, and no one is exempt.  There is a line in the Acts of the Apostles that I once found humorous: So the word of God continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly. Even a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7) Of course the priests referred to here are the priests of the ancient Temple, the Levitical priests. In the past, such a line seemed ironically funny to the average Catholic who heard it.

LifeSiteNews staff, LifeSiteNews - When asked about what is at the root of the crisis Cardinal Burke said "it seems clear in light of these recent terrible scandals that indeed there is a homosexual culture, not only among the clergy but even within the hierarchy, which needs to be purified at the root. It is of course a tendency that is disordered." He highlighted that "it has been considerably aggravated by the anti-life culture in which we live, namely the contraceptive culture that separates the sexual act from the conjugal union."

By Brian Kranick, Crisis Magazine - In his Bread of Life discourse, the new Moses, Jesus, directly addressed a similar grumbling. He said: “I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever.” Some of the disciples murmured against the Eucharist saying, “This is a hard saying, who can listen to it?” Yet, Jesus did not soften his speech, rather he declared more forcefully: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” Jesus forced the issue: “Do you take offense at this?”

By Elizabeth Johnson, Ruth Institute, Christian Newswire - Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, president of the Ruth Institute, said most coverage of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report on Clerical Sex Abuse overlooks significant facts. The Institute's publication, "Questions and Answers on The Clerical Sex Abuse Scandal" puts the recent findings by a Pennsylvania grand jury on clerical sex abuse in proper perspective.... Dr. Morse stated, "The Ruth Institute has utmost sympathy for the victims of clerical predation, and revulsion at those who covered up the crimes. We encourage anyone who has been abused to come forward."