Catholic Church

By Edward B. Scharfenberger, Bishop of Albany - Like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, many of our faithful are now feeling betrayed and abandoned by their spiritual fathers, especially the bishops. Perhaps you share this feeling, too… I do not see how we can avoid what is really at the root of this crisis: sin and a retreat from holiness, specifically the holiness of an integral, truly human sexuality.

By Carol Monaco Catholic Stand - To be holy and without blemish—sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Our call to be holy and clean without sin is impossible when we forget that “for God, all things are possible” [Matthew 19:26], including our holiness. Consider the Apostles—Christ sent them out and instructed them to take nothing for their journey to preach repentance. They were the first to represent Christ, to reflect Christ in what they said and did. Like us, they were ordinary and imperfect people.

By Pia de Solenni, Catholic News Agency - the June revelations of the credible allegations of sex abuse on the part of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick confirm what many have suspected for a long time. The Church has been uncomfortably silent on matters of sexuality, family, and marriage because some in her leadership do not live these teachings themselves. And it is very hard to teach something that one does not know and live… Timing is everything. The groundswell came a few days before July 25, the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. I’ve no doubt that it will continue to unfold throughout this year.