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The Sense (and Nonsense) of Church Reform: Vos estis turns two

June 01, 2021

The whole ecclesiastical leadership culture has to change: not in a sentimental, “caring about the victims” way, either. Caring about the victims is a bare minimum, a baseline requirement, the measure of which is in its effects. That means the culture needs to change in practical, nuts-and-bolts ways.

Synodality can work … if leadership lets it

May 26, 2021

Despite its novelty – 50 years is nothing in Church time – the Synod, too, can fall into the same “functionalism” against which Pope Francis warned the Dicastery for Communication earlier this week.

Pope Francis turns out troubled Vatican seminary

May 25, 2021

The Holy See Press Office announced on Tuesday that the scandal-plagued St Pius X Preseminary will move to a location outside of the Vatican City State.

The “new” synodal “process” is under-thought and oversold

May 21, 2021

If the incongruity of making the Church more synodalitous by papal diktat ever occurred to him, neither he nor his lieutenants and mouthpieces have given any evidence of it.

Bishops of England and Wales name former prosecutor to head safeguarding agency

May 17, 2021

Nazir Afzal, the newly appointed Chair of the Bishops' safeguarding agency, says, "“The Catholic Church has recognised the failures of the past and the need to put things right. This is what attracted me to the role."

Contradictory Testimony in Vatican Abuse and Coverup Trial

May 13, 2021

Witnesses contradicted themselves and each other on Wednesday, when they gave evidence in a trial dealing with charges of abuse and coverup at the Saint Pius X minor seminary -- a college for boys aged 12 to 18 years, who are considering the priesthood and serve at papal events in St. Peter’s Basilica -- in the Vatican.

Pope allows Polish Bishop to resign following Vos estis investigation

May 12, 2021

Bishop Jan Tyrawa by Krzysztof Mizera — own work — CC BY-SA 4.0 Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of Jan Tyrawa, the bishop of Bydgoszcz in northern Poland, following an investigation into allegations of covering up clerical sexual abuse of minors. In accordance with its usual practice, the Press Office of the

What’s in a name? The recent “upgrade” of the Center for Child Protection hints at danger of mission creep

May 12, 2021

It is important for the Vatican to have a Commission for the Protection of Minors. Whatever one thinks of the Center’s upgrade, it remains important that the Church have other named institutions for child protection.