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October 29, 2019

Is Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church Really No Bigger Problem Than the Rest of Society? by Jennifer Roback Morse

By Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D, EWTN News - A recent study reported, “only 6% of seminarians report sexual harassment.” The McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame produced this path-breaking survey. One optimistic conclusion people might draw from this report is “Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is no worse than in any other institution of society. People who keep talking about sexual abuse are just bashing the Church.” In my opinion, comparing sex abuse in the Catholic Church with that in other institutions can serve a valid purpose. …

October 29, 2019

Homosexual Bishop Funneled ($21 Million) From Hospital for Gifts, Personal Use, by Christine Niles

By Christine Niles, M.St. (Oxon.), J.D., Church Militant - The Department of Justice has been conducting an ongoing investigation into Bransfield's spending "as part of a lawsuit that accuses the hospital of defrauding the federal government of millions of dollars by filing false claims for Medicare reimbursement.".. The hospital denies any wrongdoing… Tax filings and hospital audits show that a total of $21 million were funneled from Wheeling Hospital through the diocese or various non-profits, eventually to wind up in the Bishop's Fund, and a chunk of it ultimately landing in Bransfield's own bank account… The transfers were a deliberate attempt to get around the Internal Revenue Service.

October 29, 2019

Kanye West Slams Democrat Party Leaders: They Are “Making Us Abort Our Children”, by Micaiah Bilger

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - Kanye West slammed abortion and pro-abortion Democratic politicians last week in an interview promoting his first Christian album, “Jesus is King.”… “Democrats had us voting Democrat for food stamps for years, bro…What you talking about? Guns in the ’80s, taking the fathers out of the home, Plan B, lowering our votes, making us abort our children…. I can’t tell y’all how to feel. But what I can tell you honestly is how I feel.”… It appears West is beginning to realize the truth.

October 29, 2019

Papal Interviewer: ‘So Many Bishops’ Disagree With Francis But Are ‘Afraid’ to Say So, by Jeanne Smits

By Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent, LifeSiteNews - “Today with Bergoglio we have the impression that they want to get their hands on doctrine in some way. The pope is the guardian of the depositum fidei. After the Council, the three great popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI greatly modernized the spirit with which to read and live out the Gospel, but they never permitted themselves to touch the doctrine,” he said.