Catholic Church

By Claire Chretien, LifeSiteNews - Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley has cancelled his appearance at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin on the heels of sex abuse accusations at his St. John’s Seminary and the revelation that O’Malley fundraised and traveled with Theodore McCarrick after his office received a letter warning of the disgraced now ex-cardinal’s predation.

By R. R. Reno, First Things - We are witnessing the collapse of the episcopal establishment in the United States...  In one sense, the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report tells us nothing we didn’t already know. But it spells things out in inescapable detail, in a series of case studies complete with diocesan memos and letters from bishops.... The lurid details of the actions of predatory priests are troubling. But still more troubling are the evasions of responsibility by those in charge—including, in some instances, secular authorities...

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Yes, our detractors and dissenters provide us a gift, albeit in a strange package. Their scoffs and pronouncements that the Church is out of date and will eventually change to “catch up” to their newly minted “truths,” compels the orthodox to ponder again the ancient truths given by God and to do so more deeply.

By Michele Chronister, Catholic Exchange - Yet, the Assumption has an even more important meaning for us. Mary’s Assumption is our hope. After Jesus, she is the first to have her body glorified. This glorification of the body is something promised to all the faithful, at the end of time. Mary is the first to experience it, and her glorification helps us to look forward with hope to our own.