Pope Francis’s Dictate Doesn’t Change a Thing
The world’s news media reported a few days ago on a supposedly-groundbreaking announcement: Pope Francis made a change to canon law that concerns reporting abuse and cover-up of abuse within the Roman...
View ArticleEx-Cardinal McCarrick Has Been Defrocked
I’ve blogged several times about the case of Theodore McCarrick, a former prominent Cardinal. He’d retired a dozen years ago as Archbishop of Washington, but had remained an influential figure in...
View ArticlePope Changes Canon Law Concerning Bishops’ Accountability
Since his ascension to the Vatican throne, there’s been an expectation, or perhaps just a hope, that Pope Francis would finally adopt a new tactic in the handling of the Catholic Church’s worldwide...
View ArticleDolan Paid Abusive Priests To Quit Instead Of Turning Them In
It’s been about a decade since the Catholic clerical child-abuse scandal hit the United States. During that time, Catholic hierarchs here have not handled it well. Most recently they’ve resolved not to...
View ArticleNeocrusaders Still Furious About “Shari’a Law”
The Great Neocrusade proceeds relentlessly across the United States. Sanctimonious Religious Rightists are proposing laws in several states which outlaw what they call “shari’a law.” As one would...
View ArticleVatican Ordered Irish Bishops Not To Report Abuse
The Mafia-like philosophy of the Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy continues to be revealed as information emerges from the Catholic clerical child-abuse scandal. The latest revelation comes in the...
View ArticleVatican Reiterates Status Quo
For a while now the Vatican has been promising to issue new guidelines for handling clerical abuse claims within the realm of Church law. The unspoken implication behind the Holy See’s promises has...
View ArticlePope Changes Canon Law Concerning Bishops’ Accountability
Since his ascension to the Vatican throne, there’s been an expectation, or perhaps just a hope, that Pope Francis would finally adopt a new tactic in the handling of the Catholic Church’s worldwide...
View ArticleDolan Paid Abusive Priests To Quit Instead Of Turning Them In
It’s been about a decade since the Catholic clerical child-abuse scandal hit the United States. During that time, Catholic hierarchs here have not handled it well. Most recently they’ve resolved not to...
View ArticleNeocrusaders Still Furious About “Shari’a Law”
The Great Neocrusade proceeds relentlessly across the United States. Sanctimonious Religious Rightists are proposing laws in several states which outlaw what they call “shari’a law.” As one would...
View ArticleVatican Ordered Irish Bishops Not To Report Abuse
The Mafia-like philosophy of the Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy continues to be revealed as information emerges from the Catholic clerical child-abuse scandal. The latest revelation comes in the...
View ArticleVatican Reiterates Status Quo
For a while now the Vatican has been promising to issue new guidelines for handling clerical abuse claims within the realm of Church law. The unspoken implication behind the Holy See’s promises has...
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