Politics

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - But take a closer look. If she were to appear at table alongside the cardinal-archbishop of New York, swapping jokes, no reporter could fail to comment on the incongruity of the situation. When political pundits look at Cardinal Dolan—or at the Catholic Church in general—they immediately think of opposition to abortion. Vice President Harris is, of course, a zealous proponent of unrestricted abortion on demand. Yet any mention of their differences on that topic would ruin the congenial atmosphere of the dinner.

By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Guardian - Behind the request in question are the Dominican Sisters of Peace and a law firm that boasts about having represented Catholic institutions in Louisiana courts for more than a century. Another of the law firm’s clients in question, the archdiocese of New Orleans, is offering clergy molestation victims less than 10% of what they are requesting in a bankruptcy settlement, in part by arguing the so-called “look-back window” law doesn’t apply to more than 600 abuse claims.