Catholic Church

April 27, 2023

Cracks Appear in U.S. Pro-Life Movement Over Pavone’s Leadership, by Jonah McKeown, Shannon Mullen

By Jonah McKeown, Shannon Mullen, Catholic News Agency - Frank Pavone, (National Dir. Priests for Life), has repeatedly... “This is not just an attack on me,” Pavone said in a Dec. 19, 2022... Pavone’s narrative is difficult to square with his recent troubles, however, as former members of his own organization and other leaders in the wider pro-life community have sought to distance themselves from him, especially after several women went public with allegations that Pavone sexually harassed them while they worked for him at Priests for Life.

April 27, 2023

Taking Archbishop Paglia at His Word, by John M. Grondelski

By John M. Grondelski, Crisis Magazine -

April 26, 2023

Does Archbishop Paglia Illustrate the “Lessness” of Francis? by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia is clearly one of the worst of those bishops who are so highly favored by Pope Francis, and his continued favor amply demonstrates what we can only call the Pope’s “lessness”—that is, either “recklessness” or “fecklessness”. It would require supernatural insight to speak of “faithlessness”, but it does not take a supernatural observer to see the damage that is being done.

April 26, 2023

Forming Students Who Will Build Up the Kingdom: An Interview With Mark Middendorf, by Paul Senz

By Paul Senz, Catholic World Report - Ave Maria University was founded in 1998 as Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. In 2007 the campus was moved to Florida, and it added graduate programs, making it a full-fledged university... Founded by Tom Monaghan – founder of Domino’s Pizza and a prominent Catholic philanthropist – the university inaugurated its fourth president, Mark Middendorf, last year... Middendorf: This university is an answer to what St. John Paul II asked all laity in Ex Corde Ecclesiae. ECE says that Catholic universities are essential to the growth of the Church.