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January 08, 2019

Opus Dei US head confirms misconduct settlement against popular DC priest

January 08, 2019

Opus Dei announced on Monday that it had paid a settlement following accusations of misconduct against a priest of the society made in 2002. Fr. C. John McCloskey was the subject of a complaint by a married woman to whom he had been giving spiritual counsel. As a result of the complaint, Opus Dei paid

The genius of Richard John Neuhaus

January 08, 2019

Richard John Neuhaus, who died 10 years ago this week, was a master of words who was mastered by the Word. Whether he was speaking at anti-war rallies alongside Joan Baez, preaching to his congregation (Lutheran before his conversion, Catholic after), or holding forth at the table, he used his eloquence to point men toward

Ecumenical Patriarch recognizes independence of Orthodox Church of Ukraine

January 08, 2019

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople on Saturday signed a tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, formally recognizing the Church’s independence. The tomos was signed on January 5 at St. George’s Cathedral in Istanbul, after Bartholomew I concelebrated a Divine Liturgy with Epiphanius I, Metropolitan of Kyiv and primate of the newly-created Orthodox

Analysis: Their retreat accomplished, the U.S. bishops remain under siege

January 08, 2019

The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary is beautiful. Set on 600 leafy acres, its buildings merge the aesthetics of the American Colonial Revival with the motifs of great Roman edifices. Its library is expansive. Its chapel is a gem. Mundelein is the kind of place that is hard to leave. When their seven-day retreat at

Christian cake baker’s second lawsuit can go forward, federal judge says

January 08, 2019

A Colorado baker who already won a U.S. Supreme Court case may proceed with a second lawsuit claiming the state of Colorado is again wrongly prosecuting him, this time for declining to bake a cake celebrating a “gender transition,” a federal court ruled Friday. Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in the Denver suburb

Analysis: The non-trial of Theodore McCarrick

January 08, 2019

While recent media reports suggest that a trial of Archbishop Theodore McCarrick is underway, Vatican sources have told CNA that his case is not being handled by a full judicial process. Sources at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith have confirmed that allegations against McCarrick are being considered through an abbreviated approach called

Trial begins for French cardinal accused of abuse cover-up

January 08, 2019

French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon, began trial on Monday on charges of failing to report allegations that a priest in his diocese abused minor boy scouts from 1986-1991. Barbarin and five other archdiocesan officials are all on trial in a case involving Fr. Bernard Preynat, who has been accused of abusing dozens of

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/01/19

January 08, 2019

Retired Cardinal John Tong has been named apostolic administrator of Hong Kong diocese after the death of Bishop Michael Yeung (Charles Collins). Vietnamese authorities have reportedly bulldozed Catholic homes. Inés San Martín reports on a “dramatic” abuse scandal at an Argentine monastery. Fr Raymond de Souza argues that Pope Francis has more to fear from