Thinking in terms of McCarricks, plural, is important for the Catholic Church. If we’ve had to suffer one, what’s to stop there being others? Indeed, among many lessons to be learned from the whole sorry spectacle, surely one is that being a McCarrick can (to borrow a concept from game theory) be a supremely profitable ‘strategy’.

Benedict XVI watched his brother’s funeral via livestream

The Pope expressed his “heartfelt sympathy” after the death of Mgr Georg Ratzinger on July 1 at the age of 96

Msgr. Georg Ratzinger died in Bavaria at the age of 96 on July 1

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

The Pope was writing in the preface to a new volume of works by the Pope Emeritus

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church