ST. PAUL, Minnesota, October 4, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A pro-gay Catholic bishop who has been credibly accused of sexually provocative behavior toward another man is slated to speak at a diocesan retreat for clergy and parish leaders. Retired Bishop Robert Lynch, formerly of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida, will speak at a “Formation Day” … [Read more…]
FRESNO, Calif. (ChurchMilitant.com) – Local Catholics in the diocese of Fresno, California are outraged over a workshop on homosexual inclusion during the 2018 Fresno Diocesan Congress. In a letter to Bp. Armando X. Ochoa, Fresno Catholics expressed “disappointment and dismay” that a workshop titled “Becoming a Welcoming Parish to LGBTQ Persons” would be included in … [Read more…]
CHILE, October 3, 2018 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chilean prosecutors are currently investigating 126 Catholic clergy or members of religious orders accused of sexually preying on minors and adults, following an explosion of protests over Pope Francis’ support of a Chilean bishop accused of complicity in sex abuse in January of this year. As is the case … [Read more…]
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Cardinal Gerhard Müller has acknowledged that Pope Francis personally halted a high-level investigation into clerical sex abuse. In an interview with LifeSiteNews on Tuesday, Müller confirmed recent reports that just months into his papacy, Francis personally blocked an investigation into sex abuse allegations against U.K. Cdl. Cormac Murphy-O’Connor. Read more here: … [Read more…]
Catholics lash out at church leaders with their wallets (you can too!) Posted on October 3, 2018 by OVD Administrator Catholics lash out at church leaders with their wallets https://www.marketwatch.com/story/catholics-skip-the-collection-plate-amid-moral-catastrophe-of-pennsylvanias-sex-abuse-cover-up-2018-08-20 ( You can too!…) For your convenience, this PDFhttp://ourvoiceinthediocese.com/ovd/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181003_non_cathedraticum.pdf is printable with the following useful text: This donation is not part of the normal Sunday … [Read more…]
October 1, 2018 A Kansas elementary school says it had no idea that a former Catholic cardinal alleged to have abused several young men over the course of several decades was placed in a rectory just next door, KansasCity.com reports. Theodore McCarrick resigned as a cardinal back in July after a review board discovered credible … [Read more…]
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (ChurchMilitant.com) – A lay group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is calling on their archbishop to prohibit a dissident priest from speaking at a pro-gay retreat. Catholics United for the Faith Milwaukee (CUF) put out a “resolution” online calling on Milwaukee’s Abp. Jerome Listecki to bar Fr. Bryan Massingale from taking part in a dissident … [Read more…]
PHILADELPHIA — Misconceptions people may have about sexual abuse, sexual harassment and homosexuality as elements of the ongoing crisis in the church can hinder efforts to address it, according to a leading psychologist and expert on the crisis. The complex nature of each of the elements can make it “hard for the average Catholic in … [Read more…]
Prayer and fasting disarms the devil. Why would a priest tell people not to do it? By Patti Armstrong I was irritated when Pope Francis called for every member of the Church to “pray and fast in penance for the evil of clerical sex abuse, and to be involved in needed change within the Church” … [Read more…]