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…]
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…]
Former cardinal had been a proponent of a deal between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Church under Pope Francis. Following reports that the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China could be about to sign an agreement on the appointment of bishops in the country, attention has turned to the role of Archbishop … [Read more…]