Clergy Sexual Abuse

THVRSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Theodore Cardinal McCarrick (Credit: Screen Shot of NBC video via Get Religion)

The Scandal of Theodore Cardinal McCarrick & Why No Major Media Outed Him

. . .numerous journalists – & Catholics – knew that Cardinal McCarrick has been accused of sexual abuse for decades & that he cultivated male seminarians for sexual purposes for years.  Wednesday’s news was no secret to many of us.  It is one of the great untold stories of the religion beat. . .

by Julia Duin,

of Get Religion

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Mark Shea: Ever the Voice of Reason – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Time is on My Side: Revised Liturgy of the Hours One Step Closer – Adoremus Bulletin
Cardinal McCarrick: What Did the Vatican Know & When? – J.F. Desmond, NC Register
Archbishop Lefebvre’s Surprising Legacy – Damian Thompson, Catholic Herald
Ghent Altarpiece May Have Just Been Solved – J.P. Mauro, Aleteia
Archaeological Finds Reveal the Horrific Reality of Crucifixion – Jessica McAfee, epcPw
The West is Rediscovering the Sacred – Matthew Schmitz, Catholic Herald
Sin Redefined in the PBS Detective Series Unforgotten – Kenneth Colston, Crisis Mgzn
Will Ireland’s Catholic Hospitals Defy Varadkar? – Jon Anderson, Catholic Herald
The Atlantic’s Post Should Make a Consensus that Transgenders is Adults-Only – Fdrlst
Imperial Treasury of Vienna: Precious Vestments from the House of Habsburg – LAJ
For Those Who Claim Church Teaching on Abortion is of Recent Origin – Fr. R. Heilman
Fertility & Toxicity – Lyman Stone, First Things
Iraqi Sister Who Fled Islamic State is Denied Entry to Britain for 2nd Time – Cthlc Hrld
Time to Preach to the Non-Converted on Abortion – Filip Mazurczak, The Cthlc Thing
A Guild of All Souls for the Ordinariates? – K. Greenlee, The Anglicanorum Coetibus Scty
Self-Creation or God’s Creation? Mistaken Identities & Nietzsche’s Madman – Blake PhD
What is the Six Sundays Devotion in Honor of St. Aloysius Gonzaga? – P. Kosloski, Alet.
Remembering Thomas Craughwell, Faithful Storyteller – P.G. Kengor Ph.D., AmSpect
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Storming of the Teocalli by Hernán Cortés & His Troops’ by Emanuel Leutze A.D. 1848 (Credit: Catholic Herald)

Was the Spanish Empire All Bad? I’m Not So Sure

. . .archaeologists have recently uncovered evidence of the mass child sacrifice in pre-Christian Peru. . .

by Father Alexander Lucie-Smith, Ph.D.,

of Catholic Herald

The Spirit of Vatican II Effect: Popular Catholic Blogger Goes Orthodox – Dv. Griffey, DF
Another Gross Vatican Gaffe in Handling Sex-Abuse Complaints – Phil Lawler, Cthlc Cltr
YouTube Closes Pro-Life Account, Calls Videos “Harmful”, “Dangerous” – D. White JD
The New York Times: Abstinence Education is “Anti-Science” – Mat. Archbold, CMR
Which Is the Smallest & Most Rejected Minority in America? Ex-Gays – M. Brown Ph.D.
Go Pray! A Catholic Card Game for Kids – Theresa Williams, epicPew
A Talent is a Terrible Thing to Waste – Michael Cretaro, Catholic Stand
Remembering Karl Marx, Prophet of Violence, & Terror – Sam. Gregg D.Phil., The CWR
Against Lukewarmness: Fighting the Temptation of the Familiar – Catholic Exchange
How Calif.’s LGBT Therapy Ban Could Ban Christianity Itself – J. Pullmann, The Fdrlst
4 Saints Who were Holy Lawyers – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
The Church & China: Beijing’s Strategy of ‘Sacramental Confusion’ – Raphaela Schmid
But I Don’t Work at an Office! – Meghan Ashley Sabo, Meghan Ashley
Why is Christ the “Last Adam”? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery
Catholicism, Fundraising, Book Launches, & Overcoming Struggles – Brice Sokolowski
The Riches of the Roman Martyrology – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal
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Dr EM Tweet (Credit: Screenshot from Rod Dreher)

Transgender Movement to Use “Pedophile Manifesto” to Push Pederasty (NSFW)

. . .I want to share with you the most disturbing thing I have read in a very long time.  You need to know about it. . .

by Rod Dreher

German Bishops’ Worldly Priorities – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, Natl Catholic Register
As Local Elections Loom, London Isn’t What It Used To Be – Joanna Bogle, The CWR
Cohabitation Is Not Marriage Prep – J. Budziszewski Ph.D., The Underground Thomist
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Savage Defense of St. Damien of Molokai – Alex R. Hey, eP
Support for ‘Sexual Minorities’: Comes from Hostility Toward Christianity – G. Yancey
Pope Francis Tells Sex Abuse Survivors, ‘I was Part of the Problem’ – Inés San Martín
The Death of Embryos & “The Conception Problem” – Stacy A. Trasancos Ph.D., CWR
You Need a Silent Retreat – Kim Heilman, Catholic Lane
But I Don’t Work at an Office! – Meghan Ashley Sabo, Meghan Ashley
The Catholic Church, the State, & Liberalism – Joseph G. Trabbic Ph.D., Public Dscrs
What’s the Secret to Human Flourishing? Following God’s Law – Fr. A. Lucie-Smith PhD
The Four Causes of Holy Mother Church – Steven J. Rummelsburg, Intgrtd Cthlc Life™
When Worlds of Faith & Science Collide – Matthew E. Bunson, Natl Catholic Register
Virtue at Work: Promoting Justice in the Workplace – Karel Sovak Ph.D., Cthlc Exchng
Mother Teresa and the Art of the Ask – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
Look To Children For Inspiration – Brandon Schild, Catholic Stand
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Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship & the Sacraments (Credit: Catholic News Service via Catholic Herald)

Cardinal Sarah: High-Ranking Prelates are Trying to Change Christian Morality

. . .the cardinal also said the West was ‘committing suicide’ by losing its Christian faith. . .

from the Catholic Herald

Commonweal Howls Over Cardinal Sarah for Advocating Communion on the Tongue – Z
Trans Tweens & Social Contagion (NSFW) – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Benedict XVI Shared Motives for Resignation in 2016 Interview – Edward Pentin, NCReg
Pope Francis & Reform: Clergy Sexual Abuse – Edward Pentin, Natl Catholic Register
The Affair Must Go On – Sean Fitzpatrick, The Civilized Reader
New Book on Catholic Fundraising: Pray, Pray, Pray, Ask – Brice Sokolowski
How to Know When A Cardinal Gets to Heaven – T.J. Burdick
What is a Censure in the Church? (Spadaro & Arroyo) – Matthew Bunson, NC Register
Evangelii Gaudium, a Key to Understanding Francis’ Papacy – Edward Pentin, NCRgstr
Canon Law Exists to Magnify Christ, Not Mute Critics (Spadaro & Arroyo) – J.D. Flynn
Secrets of the Mysterious Stigmata: 6 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know – ChurchPop
St. Peter: Rock or Stumbling-Stone? – Joe Heschmeyer, Catholic Answers Magazine
Marriage & Family Life Cannot be Privatized – Scott Yenor Ph.D., Public Discourse
Elsewhere: A Blog on Saintly Cadavers – Rick Yoder, The Amish Catholic
Pope Francis’ Advice for Mass? “Put Your Phone Away” – uCatholic
Why Human Flourishing Happens Best in a Free Market – Alan Dowd, Inst. for Faith. . .
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