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A rallying cry to the Church by one of 20th century’s great intellectual converts: Elizabeth Anscombe’s 1938 letter to the Catholic Herald
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February 22, 2019
Abuse summit day two: How to hold bishops to account
February 22, 2019
(ROME – February 22nd, 2019) “Accountability”: that was the theme chosen for Day 2 of the meeting for the protection of minors taking place this week at the Vatican. An address by the Archbishop of Mumbai, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, set the tone for the day. His Eminence focused primarily on bishops’ accountability to each other
A new ideology is attacking celibacy. We’ve been through all this before
February 22, 2019
The Consensus has it out for priestly celibacy and chastity in Catholicism. Which means we the faithful, lay and clerical, are called to rally around these teachings and practices of the Church, to double down on them, to defend them articulately and winsomely. Because at stake is nothing less than the power of divine grace
Tagle: Confront the ‘stench of filth’ caused by abuse
February 22, 2019
An expert on abuse prevention offered “practical suggestions” to participants at a Vatican summit on child sexual abuse on Thursday, while two cardinals encouraged bishops to work together to support victims of clerical abuse. Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith told the Vatican’s Meeting of the
Sodalit founder expelled from congregation
February 22, 2019
The founder of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae has been formally expelled from the group, and forbidden from contacting any member of the Sodalitium, the group announced in a statement released on February 20. Figari is also forbidden from returning to his native Peru. On January 30, 2017, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated
Covington Catholic student sues Washington Post over Nathan Phllips story
February 22, 2019
Attorneys for Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann announced they filed a $250 million dollar lawsuit against the Washington Post after the newspaper reported that Sandmann harassed a Native American man following the March for Life. The suit alleges that the Washington Post “engaged in a modern-day form of McCarthyism by competing with CNN
California bill would force priests to violate seal of confessional
February 22, 2019
A state senator in California introduced a bill Wednesday which would seek to force priests to violate the sacramental seal of confession in suspected cases of child abuse or neglect. Clergy are already mandatory reporters in the state of California, but there is a legal exemption for material disclosed in the confessional. Senator Jerry Hill
Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/02/19
February 22, 2019
Leaked documents have raised new questions about when the Vatican knew of allegations against Argentine Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta (Spanish report, Spanish documents). An Irish diocese has said it had no money to pay priests at Christmas because of a shortfall in collections. Pope Francis has dismissed a Brazilian priest from the clerical state (Spanish report).
Letters from the Vatican #4
February 22, 2019
“Grant, we pray, almighty God, that no tempests may disturb us, for you have set us fast on the rock of the Apostle Peter’s confession of faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” February
Why priests need our prayers now more than ever
February 22, 2019
An article in Catholic World Report for Monday, titled “A priest who offered his life in reparation for the sins of priests” by Dr Patrick Kenny, has caught my attention. Dr Kenny is the editor of To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of the War Letters, Prayers and Spiritual Writings of Fr Willie Doyle SJ,
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