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McCarrick Watch: VVednesday Edition

Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick (Pic Credit: Screen Shot from PBS News Hour)

When Two Gay Catholic Tribes Go To (Cold) War

. . .the first tribe is the Progressives — some sexually active, others not — who believe homosexuality should be normalized by the Catholic Church, and are pushing openly for the Church to change its teachings to reflect that. . .

. . .the second tribe are Conservatives who live a double life.  Outwardly they advocate for traditional Catholic teaching on homosexuality, but they also live homosocially (in the sense of socializing with other gay conservative priests), and some have gay sex.  They, therefore, live in a state of cognitive dissonance. . .

by Rod Dreher

The Napa Institute Caught Up in McCarrick Scandal Fall-Out – Rod Dreher, The Amer. . .
A Saint to Remember in Evil Days – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
O’Malley Welcomed McCarrick to Boston Gala After Sex Abuse Letter – Ch. Niles J.D.
Wan’s Letter: Yes, Monsignor Abused Me at the Lincoln Seminary – Rod Dreher, The. . .
An Independent Commission to Investigate Bishops? Problems – Phil Lawler, C. Culture
Quæritur: Proper Form of Address for Former Cardinal McCarrick – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Theological Roots of the Present Crisis – Fr. D. Vincent Twomey S.V.D., The CWR
The Current Crisis & the Order of the Laity – Adam A.J. DeVille Ph.D., The CWR
Truth Needed to Free Church from Sacrilege of Prelate Scandal – Fr R Landry, NC Rgstr
Why Stay Catholic in Times Like These? – Sherry Antonetti, National Catholic Register
The Laity Demand Justice & Action – Katrina Fernandez, National Catholic Register
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TVESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Kevin Cardinal Farrell (Pic Credit: Life Site)

Rocked by Scandals, the Vatican Should Cancel the Pro-Homosexual World Meeting of Families

. . .claims of innocence are not going to be enough any longer, nor the protections of the old-boy networks.  Take the case of Kevin Cardinal Farrell, one-time auxiliary bishop of Washington D.C., who claims, implausibly, not to have known anything irregular about McCarrick, with whom he lived for six years. . .

. . .It seems highly unlikely, though it’s just barely possible.  And if so – a big if – Cardinal Farrell himself may now become a victim of McCarrick’s evil deeds.  Farrell will be one of the speakers at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin later this month.  Whether he’s to blame or not, his credibility as head of the new Dicastery for Laity, Family, & Life has been damaged.  And will not be restored unless there’s a thorough investigation of what he & others knew – & didn’t know.

by Robert Royal, Ph.D.,

of The Catholic Thing

via Life Site

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Santa Rosa Bishop Orders Halt to Communion Services without a Priest – Calif. C. Daily
Essure Is Pulled From the Market, As New Netflix Documentary Is Released – G. Patti
Catholics Ask to Drop Pro-Gay Fr. Jm. Martin from World Meeting of Families – Lf Site
These Airport Chapels Offer Catholic Mass on Sundays – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
Forty Anti-Catholic Lies; New Book – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Abuse Victim Forced to Share Room at Women’s Shelter with ‘Trans’ Man – L Laurence
How Liturgical Art Influences the Wider Culture – D. Clayton, New Liturgical Movement
Four Years after ISIS Onslaught, Iraqi Christians Struggle to Rebuild – Elise Harris, Crux
Parvis Imbutus Tentabis Grandia Tutus or, How to Succeed at Latin – Regina Magazine
Why Accompaniment Involves Apologetics – Bishop R.E. Barron S.T.D., Intgrtd C. Life™
If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments – Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing
The Power of Praying Marian Novenas – Fr. Ed Broom O.M.V., Catholic Exchange
Fr. James V. Schall Dissects the West via Islam – Samuel Gregg D.Phil., Law and Liberty
We Don’t Ban Fortune Tellers, We Shouldn’t Ban ‘Gay Conversion Therapy’ – C Greene
The Testing of Faith – Nathalie Fernandez, Ignitum Today
Roe v. Wade has Brought Women Grief, It’s Time to Acknowledge It – Veronika Winkels
‘We Must Pay So Dearly’: China’s Churches Raided, Silenced – Yanan Wang, AP via Crux
Back to Homeschooling with St. Therese of Lisieux – Michele Chronister, Cth. Exchange
What is Human? On the Genetic Modifications of Embryos – R. Kurland Ph.D., C. Stand
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McCarrick Watch: Tuesday Edition

Tithing (Pic Credit: flickr)

A Wealthy Catholic Donor Rebels

. . .His name isn’t ‘Steve’.  He’s a recently-retired Midwesterner, a convert to the Faith and a married man. . .

. . .He also donates in the mid-five figure$ to the Catholic Church every year. . .

from Regina Magazine

Albany Bishop: Laity, Not Bishops, Must Investigate McCarrick – Peter Jesserer Smith
A Roundup of Bishops Reactions to McCarrick Scandal – National Catholic Register
How to Fight Back:  Stop Tithing, Adopt a Parish – Sh. Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian
Intrinsic Evil & McCarrick – Dan Hitchens, First Things
Card. Cupich Backs a Laity Involved Investigation of McCarrick Scandal – M. O’Loughlin
What Priests Do – Tom Piatak, Crisis Magazine
Abuse Survivor Says Card. Wuerl’s Solution Not Far Enough – E. Condon J.C.L., NCRgstr
Univ. of Notre Dame Won’t Revoke Honor of McCarrick, For Now – M Archbold, NCRgstr
Don’t Use the Sexual Abuse Scandal to Attack Confession – K.V. Turley, Ntnl C. Register
This Saint Can Teach Us about Responding to a Church Scandal – S. Jacobs, Cthlc Stand
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TVESDAY MORNING EDITION

Rainbow over the Vatican (Pic Credit: Vatican News via Roman Catholic Man)

St. John Bosco Told Us This Year Would Happen

. . .well known is St. John Bosco’s “dream of the two columns” where he foresaw the future difficulties of the Church, envisioned as a ship on stormy seas.  Several popes strive to moor the Church & anchor it between two columns which arose amid the dangerous waters.  The columns symbolized the two devotions to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament & to Mary Immaculate, the Help of Christians.  Calm & peace for the Church is won only when one of the popes finally succeeds in anchoring the Church between the two columns. . .

by Father Richard Heilman,

of Roman Catholic Man

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
We have Nothing to Fear from the Truth: 25 Years of Covering Clergy Sex Abuse – CWR
George Weigel on the State of the World – John M. Grondelski, National Cthlc Register
Can You Myth-Bust These 7 Anti-Catholic Lies? – Theresa Williams, epicPew
All the Rites of the Church, Including the Lesser-Known Ones, In One Diagram – ChPOP
Someday Roe v. Wade Will be Hated as Much as the Dred Scott Decision – Fr. S. Boquet
St. Alphonsus Liguori: Bearing the Cross of Mental Illness – M. Chronister, C. Exchange
What’s the Difference between a Convent & Monastery? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
The Lion of Munster – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Examination of Conscience & Repentance – Dav. Torkington, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Who Was Jeremiah the Prophet? – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission
A Woman Clothed with the Sun – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Stand
The Nun who Wrote Letters to the Greatest Poets of Her Generation – N. Ripatrazone
5 Saints Who Spent Extremely Long Hours Hearing Confessions Every Day – Aleteia
Shedding Light on Depression’s Darkness – Maria M. Maffucci, the Human Life Review
A Priest’s Silver Jubilee – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)
A Big List of Saints from Big Families – Becky Roach, Catholic Link
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
Vocation Of Business: Putting A Stamp On Creation – Luke Birgis, Napa Institute
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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Ordination of a Priest (Pic Credit: Fr. Jason Smith, L.C.)

My Vocation Story: Father Jason Smith, LC

. . .if not for a hockey game, I wouldn’t be a Legionary of Christ priest today.  As a good Minnesotan, I naturally considered hockey as divinely inspired, a sign of God’s love for us.  But it’s what happened after the game that took me by surprise & lead me to know my priestly vocation. . .

by Father Jason Smith, L.C.,

of Ignitum Today

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
The Priest Who Molested Him Was His Uncle in the Diocese of Lincoln – Rod Dreher
New Light on the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., NLM
Varadkar: I’ll Push Pope on Accepting Same-Sex Families – Catholic Herald
This Beautiful Religious Order is for Women with Down Syndrome – R. Scheel, uCthlc
The Newly Defined “Dark Ages” of Christian America – Jason Craig, Those Catholic Men
Catholic at Last: From Eastern Orthodox to the One True Faith – S. Nicholas, One Ptr 5
Classical v. Contemporary Sanctuary Arrangement – Sh. R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal
We Are Beginning to See a Catholic Revival in the Arts – Joseph Pearce, NC Register
Bishop Right to Publish Names of Clergy Accused of Abuse – Fr. A. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
N.Y. Times’ Hit Piece on Mike Pence is Anti-Christian Bigotry – G.T. Stanton, The Fdrlst
Should the Catholic Church Sell Her Great Art to Feed the Poor? – K. Schiffer, NC Rgstr
A Generation Who Grew Up with Porn: How We can Help – Isaac Withers, Catholic Link
Woman Still Die from Legal Abortions, This Was Not Suppose to Be – Dave Andrusko, LN
NFP: The Antidote to Sexism – Sofia Abasalo, Catholic Stand
Want to be a Knight of Columbus? Now You can Join Online – John Burger, Aleteia
Providential Transfiguration – Robert P. Imbelli, First Things
The Virgin Mary & the Pro-Life Movement – Peter Darcy, Catholic Stand
Dominican Efforts Save Endangered Species of Salamanders – Chloe Langr, epicPew
Obamacare Still Forces Americans to Pay for Abortions – Steven Ertelt, Life News
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The Death Penalty Monday Edition

Fr. Gil Martinez Chaplain for Out at St. Paul (Pic Credit: Joseph Sciambra)

Fr. James Martin’s Favorite LGBT Ministry Asks Pope Francis to Change the Catechism

. . .St. Monica’s in Santa Monica hosts St. Monica Catholic Community Gay & Lesbian Outreach (GLO) where former member Arthur Fitzmaurice once served as the Chair of Archdiocese’s Catholic Ministry with Lesbian & Gay Persons.  At the 2015 LA Religious Education Congress hosted by Archbishop Gomez, which repeatedly features Fitzmaurice as a speaker on LGBT issues, he openly criticized “The Catechism of the Catholic Church”. . .

by Joseph Sciambra

Cardinal Dulles’s Dubia – Michael Pakaluk, First Things
Let’s Be Careful in Our Charges Regarding the New Wording – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
Catechism & the Death Penalty: are Catholics Right to be Worried? – Dan Hitchens, CH
Church History: A Brief Review of Papal Lapses – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., One Peter 5
CCC 2358 on Objectively Disordered Homosexual Inclinations – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Pius XII: Death Penalty Not Conditioned by Historical Circumstances – Fr. Z’s Blog
Death Penalty Is Wrong But Not Intrinsically Evil or Infallible – Fr. Mt. P. Schneider L.C.
Latin of Change to CCC 2267 about Capital Punishment Now Available – Fr. Z’s Blog
Wrestling With Capital Punishment – Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register
A Little More on the New Catechism – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex
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McCarrick Watch: Monday Edition

Gay Rainbow Altar at Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood, California, of the Archdiocese of Archbishop Gomez (Pic Credit: comunidadlb.org via Life Site)

A Parish in Joseph Cardinal Tobin’s Archdiocese Celebrated Gay Pride with a “Gay Pride Mass”

(Warning: Descriptive explanations of vulgar topics)

. . .on June 24, 2018, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Archdiocese of Newark where Joseph Cardinal Tobin is Archbishop, Fr. Alexander Santora celebrated the Parish’s “first annual gay pride Mass.”  At the beginning of Mass, Fr. Alexander Santora announced that he would offer a “special blessing” for those marching in the New York City gay “Pride” parade which took place on the same day. . .

by Joseph Sciambra

A Strong Response by Bishop James Conley of Lincoln – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
Blah, Blah, Blah, Bishops Respond to McCarrick Scandal. . . – R. Hamilton, Public Cthlc
A Priests Takes on McCarrick: Here’s what Laypeople can Do – S. Herreid, Catholic Vote
What Might Happen for McCarrick, & for the Church in U.S. – J.D. Flynn J.C.L., CNA
A Second Lincoln Seminarian Comes Forward to Detail Abuse – S. Skojec, One Peter 5
Cardinal Wuerl, No, Bishops Investigating Bishops Won’t Do – E. Scalia, The Anchoress
Cardinal Kevin Farrell: I Don’t Think I’m a Right Fool – Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
McCarrick Scandal Makes VIRTUS Merely Smoke & Mirrors – L. Denninger, A Cthlc Misfit
Univ. of Notre Dame Won’t Rescind McCarrick’s Honorary Degree – M. Penza, Cth. Vote
Card. Wuerl Proposes a Panel to Investigate Rumors Against Bishops – Catholic Herald
A Prayerful Response to Clergy Scandals – Kathleen Beckman, Catholic Exchange
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MONDAY MORNING EDITION

The World Is Yours Cardinal Maradiaga (Pic Credit: Edward Pentin via Twitter)

Honduras: Same-Sex Attracted Seminarians Sent Away from Seminary Except for Those from. . .

. . .all same-sex attracted seminarians have been sent away except those in Tegucigalpa archdiocese who joke they have a very strong & powerful “patron saint”:  ++Maradiaga.  The cardinal has “again used his weight to break rules & agreements with other bishops”. . .

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Coming Out Of The Catholic Clerical Closet – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
71 Accusations; How Many are Guilty? – Robert Kurland Ph.D., The American Catholic
The Beauty of Rood Screens – Harry Mount, Catholic Herald
Is There Something Else Behind Italian Church Leaders’ Criticism of Salvini? – E Pentin
Why False Modesty Has a Deadly Allure – Stephen Mirarchi, epicPew
Pornography Use & Trauma for Wives – Peter Kleponis Ph.D., Those Catholic Men
Belgium’s Euthanasia Nightmare – Niall Gooch, Catholic Herald
Is the Vatican Giving a Promotion to Laypeople? – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, C. Herald
Why Does the Catholic Bible Have More Books? – uCatholic
Virtual Tour of the Spectacular Major Basilica of St. Maria Maggiore in Rome – epicPew
25 Amazing Things You Don’t Know About the Knights of Columbus – ChurchPOP
The Roman Canon as the Rule – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment
Beautiful Video from 2018 Ars Celebrandi Latin Mass Workshop, Poland – Rorate Cæli
4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)
Theological Transcendentals & Online Holiness – Nicholas Senz, NC Register
Homeschooling’s Flexibility Will Help You Chase Your Dreams – Jeffrey Minick, Seton
6 Saints Who Could Fly – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
This App Brings Pope to Listeners in Five Languages – Aleteia
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SVNDAY EDITION

The Tomb of Jesus (Pic Credit: Public Domain via Aleteia)

Why Did Jesus Fold the Linen Cloth That Covered His Face in the Tomb?

. . .a Jewish tradition of that time would reveal to us the important message represented by that apparently insignificant gesture. . .

from Aleteia

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
3 Outstanding Catholic Churchmen Every Catholic Should Know – J. Graves, NC Rgstr
How Newman Fell in Love with the Blessed Sacrament – Fr. Ian Ker, Catholic Herald
Would You Like Better Understand the Psalms? – Marge Fenelon, Ntnl Catholic Register
Why Abbots Used to Make Good Bishops – Kevin Di Camillo, National Catholic Register
Three Other Modern Vestments from Holland – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal
The Hidden Splendor of the Church – Jane Sloan Peters, First Things
Concerning Beautiful Liturgical Vestments – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Salvator Mundi Chasuble, a Creative Reconstruction – K. Lipinska, Ltrgcl Arts Jrnl
Here’s Why Saints Say ‘Every Ingratitude is a Sin’ – John Clark, Ntnl Catholic Register
Take Heaven By Force – Edward Monti, Catholic Stand
3 Tips on How to be a Fiercely Productive Homeschool Mom – Mary E. Barrett, Seton
Clearing Murky Waters: God’s Care for Our Souls – Edward Monti, Catholic Stand
The Right Idea: How West & East Seek the True, Good, & Beautiful – George Stanciu
Causality & St. Thomas Aquinas’ Second Way – Bob Drury, Catholic Stand
Mt. Tabor Moments- It Is Good That We Are Here! – Trish Irvine, Catholic Stand
Pontifical Buskins: A Brief History & Consideration – Sh. R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal
The Holy Food of the Heart & Soul – Mitchell A. Kalpakgian Ph.D., Catholic Exchange
Deacons Embrace Their Role in the New Evangelization – Peter Jesserer Smith, NCRgstr
Sacramentals & an Integrated Life – Joannie Watson, Integrated Catholic Life™
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SATVRDAY EDITION

Traditional Latin Mass with Raymond Cardinal Burke (Pic Credit: LIfe Site)

Liturgy’s Changes Resulted in Abandonment of Commandments, Gospels

. . .I am of the opinion, to be sure, that the old rite should be granted much more generously to all those who desire it.  It’s impossible to see what could be dangerous or unacceptable about that.  A community is calling its very being into question when it suddenly declares that what until now was its holiest & highest possession is strictly forbidden, & when it makes the longing for it seem downright indecent.  Can it be trusted any more about anything else?  Won’t it proscribe tomorrow what it prescribes today? — Cardinal Ratzinger. . .

by Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.,

of Life Site

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Cancel the Dublin Gathering & Instead Lead a 2-day Procession of Public Penitence – Z
On Wasted Time – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing
Responding to the “Transgender Moment” – Sister Helena Burns F.S.P., Hell Burns
Our Time Has Come, Amid Aussie Crisis, In Melbourne, a First Step Forward – R Palmo
Did You Hear the One About the Pope Inventing the Hamburger? – Shaun McAfee O.P.
An Interview With Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki (Part II) – Kevin Aldrich, Catholic Stand
In Images: 5 Amazing Facts About Archangels – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)
With a Key Add & In-house Moves, Crux is Bigger & Better – John L. Allen Jr., Crux
Loneliness Can Kill You – Dom Cingoranelli, Catholic Stand
Probability, Chance, & the Death of Herod Antipas – Anthony S. Layne, Catholic Stand
Jane Austen’s Common Sense Wisdom on Marriage & Family – Robert B. Greving, Crisis
You Do Not Know What You Ask; Rodrigo Duterte – Justin Bradford Smith, Crisis Mgzn
Brownback Sees Iron Curtain Moment Looming on Religious Freedom – Jn. Allen, Crux
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
Understanding Your Emotions & Using Anger – Matt Robinson, Catholic Stand
God Does Care About Your Sports Team – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today
Lessons of St. Ignatius Along the ‘Way’ – Fr. William M. Watson S.J., NC Register
Catholic Film-Maker Dav. Naglieri Discusses New JP2 Documentary – R. Scheel, uCthlc
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Flag of Hate towards Christians Flying in front of a Church (Pic Credit: The Imaginative Conservative)

The Gaying of the Church

. . .the Fetid Sea in Which They Swim. . .

by Austin Ruse,

of Crisis Magazine

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
A Gatherium Omnium: Fr. Zed Comments on Lots of Today’s Stories – Fr. Z’s Blog
René’s Prophecy: Pope Francis & the Death Penalty – Jason S. Jones, Catholic Vote
Pope Francis & Capital Punishment – Edward Feser Ph.D., First Things
Pope Francis on Capital Punishment: Doctrine Built on Shifting Sands? – Phil Lawler, CC
Quæritur: Extraordinary Ministers & Blessings at Communion Time – Fr. Z’s Blog
Death Penalty: A Genuine & Important Development of Catholic Teaching – NC Rgstr
4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
Whatever Happened to Purgatory? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, National Catholic Register
Gender Confusion & Car Insurance – Ben Butera, The American Catholic
8 Irrefutable Reasons You Need a Spiritual Director – Blake Robinson, Aleteia
The Power of Jesus’ Name – Eric Sammons, Catholic Answers Magazine
Video: The Best Form of Concelebration by Bishops During Vatican II – Fr. Z’s Blog
Does the Church Teach Distributism? – R. Jared Staudt Ph.D., Those Catholic Men
Long Island Native Ordained as Auxiliary Bishop for Rockville Centre Diocese – CBS NY
Bay Area Project Expands Gregorian Chant Instruction to Children, Teens – Angls News
The 54th Anniversary of Flannery O’Connor’s Death – Amy Welborn, Charlotte Was. . .
Tugwell on St. Albert on Negative Theology – Edward Feser Ph.D.
Do Bad Christians Disprove Christianity? – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers Magazine
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McCarrick Watch: Friday Edition

Pope Francis Greeting Archbishop Emeritus McCarrick (Pic Credit: Rorate Caeli)

The Homosexual Subculture of Bishops & Priests is as Large as Ever

. . .one would have to be a hermit not to know about quondam Cardinal McCarrick’s precipitous fall from grace.  The New York Times, probably with great relish, ran three stories on McCarrick’s other career as “Uncle Ted”, sexual predator of young men.  The story was taken up by the whole mediasphere for at least a week & still continues at this writing.  The Church, thanks be to God, acted swiftly, stripping him of his public ministry, removing his membership in the College of Cardinals, & planning a trial in the Vatican in the future.  The secular press often wonders how such a man could have been promoted to the very highest levels in the Church.  But that sense of wonder masks an assumption that moral corruption in the Catholic Church is far & wide among its clerics. . .

by Father Richard Cipolla

of Rorate Cæli

After McCarrick: An Ex-Seminarian Comes Forward – John A. Monaco, One Peter 5
Bp. T. Doherty: US Church Should Consider Hiring Outside Investigator – N. Hallett, CH
McCarrick, the Bishops & the Deepening Confusion about Sex – E.N. Peters J.C.D. J.D.
The Jim Foley Option to End Clergy Sexual Abuse – Michael P. Foley, Crisis Magazine
Bishop Michael Olson: We Can’t Merely Say We’re Sorry & Angry – J. Graves, The CWR
What If I Have A Good Bishop? – Shane Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian
Want to Deal with Abusive Clergy? Look to Medieval Times, Says Historian – Cth Herald
The Sex Abuse Scandal & the Debasing of Catholic Language – Fr. R.P. Imbelli, America
Infidelity, Dissent, & Scandal—from McCarrick to Catholic Education – Newman Society
Liturgy, Abuse & Humanæ Vitæ: Some Connections? – Fr. H. Somerville-Knapman O.S.B.
Abuse Victims Matter More than These Petty Vatican Insiders – S. Herreid, Cthlc Vote
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