2018 Crisis
For Their Sake and for Ours…
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the Youth Synod, in view of the sexual abuse crisis. “I’ve said before: If reform does not come from and through the pope… Read More
To the Bishops, before their General Assembly (First Things)
By Jayd Henricks- The former executive director of government relations at the USCCB writes to the bishops on the eve of their meeting in Baltimore. He writes from personal observation… Read More
Ask and You Shall Receive? USCCB Trip to Rome
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the seeming failure of the USCCB delegation’s visit to Pope Francis. “Rome seems to have little sense of how demoralizing it is for… Read More
Catholic crisis thinkers: What details change, when looking from the left and then the right? (Get Religion)
By Terry Mattingly- In this piece, Mattingly suggests that the word to watch for in coverage of the 2018 crisis is “seminaries.” He points out that in some of the coverage,… Read More
The love that moves the sun (Catholic Philly)
By Archbishop Charles Chaput- The Archbishop of Philadelphia gave a talk on Fides et Ratio less than a month after the grand jury report made national headlines. While not focusing… Read More
Some Action – Maybe – Starts Today
Stephen White of Catholic University notes the USCCB delegation’s visit to Pope Francis on September 13, 2018. “In the coming weeks and months, this space will be dedicated to just… Read More
New allegations surface regarding [Cardinal] McCarrick and Newark priests (CNA)
By Ed Condon- A breaking news article reporting that [Cardinal] McCarrick had made sexual advances toward multiple seminarians during his tenures in Metuchen and Newark. Seven priests spoke with CNA… Read More
Man Says Cardinal McCarrick, His ‘Uncle Ted,’ Sexually Abused Him for Years (New York Times)
By Sharon Otterman- The devastating news piece that exposed Cardinal McCarrick’s abuse of a boy he had baptized. This followed the June 20 news that there was a “credible and… Read More
Cardinal McCarrick, seminarians and abuse: how could this happen? (America Magazine)
By Father James Martin, S.J.- A three-part theory about how the McCarrick situation could happen. Martin looks at the reasons a young man in the seminary may have for staying… Read More
The Scandal of Cardinal McCarrick and Why No Major Media Outed Him (Get Religion)
By Julia Duin- Duin details her investigative work dating from 2008 on the Cardinal McCarrick story. She claims that for years, religion reporters were aware of the story but unable… Read More
Church: Cardinal McCarrick is a Molester (The American Conservative)
By Rod Dreher- Dreher claims in this post that he had been waiting for the Cardinal McCarrick story to break since 2002, when he was tipped off by a priest… Read More