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September 3, 2018

Viganò Watch: Monday Second Edition

Pope Francis looks on during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican 25 January (Pic Credit: Paul Haring of CNS)

What the Priest Scandal Is & Is Not About

. . .some people say that to focus on the homosexual nature of the crimes is unjust to the girls & women who were victims, & that in any case it is not to the point.  4 out of 5 of the victims in the whole scandal were male, & most of them were not little children, but adolescent boys & young men.  It may well be that a disproportionate number of homosexual men entered the seminary in order to hide their desires from themselves or from others, & that therefore we should not interpret that ratio too severely.  But the social stigma cuts in both directions.  If it raised the number of homosexual men who became priests, it also undoubtedly lowered the number of men who would ever admit to having engaged in homosexual relations.  If a boy is even half as likely as a girl to report that he has been molested by a man—almost always not by force but by enticement & invitation into indecency, so-called “grooming”—then the ratio is more like 8 males to 1 female, rather than the 4 to 1 ratio whereof we have hard evidence, & 4 to 1 is already staggering.  Perhaps it was 10 to 1, or 12.  We don’t know. . .

by Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D.,

of Crisis Magazine

Australia Has Had Enough of Pope Francis – Mark via Twitter
Can Archbishop Viganò be Trusted? with Dr. Taylor Marshall – Taylor Marshall Ph.D.
Pope Francis Touts Virtue of Silence After Sex Abuse Cover-up Claims – AP via CBS News
Vatican Admits Kim Davis Meeting was both Private & Approved, Rosica Lies – NY Times
Layperson Yells “Shame on You” During Cardinal Wuerl’s Homily – CBS News via Twitter
Pope: Silence is the Best Response to People Lacking Good Will – CNS via Cthlc Herald
Time’s Up on Pope Francis Being Able to Handle Clergy Abuse Crisis – The Boston Globe
Viganò, Francis & McCarrick: Where Things Stand on Allegations – J.D. Flynn, NCRegister
Stonewalling Silence = Complicity With Sex Abuse – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
Reflections from the Ruins – James Patrick, The Catholic World Report
The Viganò Report & the Kim Davis Distraction – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Attacking the Whistleblower: Abuse-enabling Culture Alive & Well in Vatican – Js. Shaw
Let’s Say Pope Francis Resigns, What Next? – Martin Bürger, One Peter 5
Journalist behind Vatileaks Affairs says Viganò is Credible – Elise Harris, Crux
14,000+ Women to Pope: “Your Words are Inadequate” – California Catholic Daily
Ex-Vatican Spokesmen Challenge Papal Accuser Over Davis Meeting – John Allen, Crux
Vatican Officials Keep Asking Journalists to Investigate Them, Do They Mean It? – J Duin
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MONDAY EDITION

Bonhoeffer (Pic Credit: The American Catholic)

Patheos the Pathetic

. . .Dave Griffey, a Patheos survivor, at Daffey Thoughts, describes why Patheos is the platform where rational thought goes to die. . .

by Donald R. McClarey, J.D.,

of The American Catholic

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Netflix Mocks Christianity With Teen Girls Singing Sexual Hymn –  Dawn Slusher
Ivy League Study Repressed for Finding Transgender Kids may be Social Contagion – JP
Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge,” & the Real Hollywood Counter-Culture – K.V. Turley
Fr. James Martin’s Cozy with Proximate Occasions of Sin – One Mad Mom
4 SSA Men Rediscover their Masculinity: Inspiring Story of Reintegrative Therapy – PJM
50 Years of Vernacular Liturgy: Golden Principles to Guide Translation – Adoremus
In-N-Out Boycott News Offer Few Details on Devout Christians Undergirding Chain – JD
40 Anti-Catholic Lies: Did Catholics Invent Purgatory? Is the Pope the Anti-Christ – CSD
The Exorcistic Power of Latin in the Latin Church – Peter Darcy, Catholic Stand
4 New Ways to Start Buying the Perfectly Fitting Shoe – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic)
State Shuts Down Catholic Adoption Agency – Monica Burke, Life News
Study Finds Google Pushes Pro-Abortion News in Top 5 Search Suggestions – C. Weaver
California Taxpayers Paid $28 Million for Abortions in 2014 – California Catholic Daily
China Denies Plan to End Its Two-Child Population Control Policy – Life News
Can We Trust Killer Robots & Drones to Act Ethically in Future Wars? – H Zeiger, Mrctrnt
Attracting Your Angel Donors – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
A Call to Boycott In-N-Out Meets Its Own Resistance – Dakota Smith & Melissa Etehad
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Viganò Watch: Monday First Edition

Pope Francis arrives for his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican 28 June 2017 (Pic Credit: Paul Haring of CNS via Catholic Herald)

We’re Looking at a Lame Duck Papacy

. . .Pope Francis’ response to Archbishop Vigano’s testimony has, so far, been a sad silence which echoes his silence over the questions about marriage formally presented by some of his cardinals. . .

. . .if this lack of leadership continues we may see the development of a lame duck papacy. . .

by Father Dwight Longenecker

Cupich Continues to Make It Worse for Himself – Mitchell Armentrout, Chicago Sun-Times
The Strange Case of Austen Ivereigh – Mark Lambert, De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.
News of Viganò has Hit the Curia Like an Atomic Bomb – Fr. Richard Heilman, RCM
Archbishop Viganò Responds to Videos of Papal Meeting, Speech – Ed Pentin, NCRegister
Michael Sean Winters Suffers a Journalistic Aneurysm – Fr. Z’s Blog
Card. Tobin Reportedly Declined to Investigate McCarrick Rumors – The C. World Report
Cowardice Motivated by Fear of Looking Insufficiently Progressive – Amy Welborn
The Vatican is a Kind of Criminal Shambles – David Warren, Essays in Idleness
How the Pederasty Cover-up Will Make Combatants Within The Church – Paul Rahe
Wherein Homosexualist Fr. James Martin Tries to Deceive You – Fr. Z’s Blog
These Wicked Men Have Made My Daughters Victims, Too – Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine
Bishop Guglielmone of Charleston Wants a Full Investigation – Fr. Z’s Blog
“If” Pope Francis Resigns, Renewing the Magisterium – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwic. . .
The Hard Questions Remain, but Who Will Ask Them? – Matthew E. Bunson, NC Register
Timeline of McCarrick’s Rise to Power & Subsequent Fall – Elise Harris, Crux
Postmodernism Even Lays Waste to The Church – Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Transparency & Accountability, but Above All Truth – Russell Shaw, The C. World Report
Argentine Bishops Declare Support for Pope Francis – CNS via Catholic Herald
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