Francesco Cardinal Coccopalmerio

Ex-Nuncio Accuses Pope Francis of Failing to Act on McCarrick’s Abuse

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (Pic Credit: Edward Pentin via NC Register)

. . .in an extraordinary 11-page written testament, a former apostolic nuncio to the United States has accused several senior prelates of complicity in covering up Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick’s allegations of sexual abuse & has claimed that Pope Francis knew about sanctions imposed on then-Cardinal McCarrick by Pope Benedict XVI but chose to repeal them. . .

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Possible Doubts to Archbishop Viganòs Letter – Ross Douthat via Twitter
Questions Raised About McElroy’s Response to 2016 McCarrick Allegations – Reg; link fixed
Pope Benedict’s Circle are Confirming Part of the Story – Ross Douthat via Twitter
Ex-Nuncio Accuses Pope of Failing to Act on McCarrick’s Abuse – Ed Pentin, NC Register
This Papacy May Come to a Spectacular & Disastrous End – Damian Thompson
Vatican Has No Immediate Comment Onboard Papal Plane – Edward Pentin via Twitter
Bishop Strickland of Tyler Believes Claims Against the Pope – Diocese of Tyler
PODCAzT 166: Viganò is Absolutely Reliable – Fr. Z’s Blog
Heterodox Priests & Journalists Go Silent on Papal Scandal – Thomas Peters via Twitter
On the Pope, Time for a Reality Check – James A. Toups, Hope in the Storm
Homoheresy & Homopraxis, Why Doesn’t Pope Call Problems by Their Name? – Fr. Z
McCarrick & the Institute of the Incarnate Word – Our Concerns About IVE
Heterodox in Denial of Homosexual Predation Scandal – D.R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
If Viganò’s “Testimony” is True, the Pope Failed His Own Test – Chr. R. Altieri, The CWR
Wuerl Denies He was Informed of Restrictions on McCarrick – J.D. Flynn J.C.L., NC Rgstr
Viganò Calls on Pope to Resign, Saying He Knew about McCarrick – Crux
Pope Alleged to Have Known in 2013 About Sex-Abuse Charges – F.X. Rocca, The WSJ
Pope Meets Victims, Uses Strong Street Term for Abuse & Cover-up – I. San Martín, Crux
Viganò Claims Pope Knew of Abusive Ex-cardinal, Calls for His Resignation – CBS News
Pope, Cardinals Knew About Sex Abuse Scandal, Viganò Claims – Nicole Winfield, AP
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FRIDAY NEWS EDITION

Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio arrives for a cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Is the Vatican’s Top Canonical Official Undermining Canon Law?

by Phil Lawler,

of Catholic Culture

Planned Parenthood is Ditching the Failed “Pro-Choice” Label, Here’s Why – Micaiah Bilger, LN
How The Daily Telegraph Twisted Itself Into Pretzel Over Yoga-Rejecting Christian Parish – GR
Here’s How Badly Soviet Atheism Failed in Europe – Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today
Perversion As Progress – Rod Dreher, Rod Dreher’s TAC Blog
President Trump Nominates Notre Dame Law Professor as Federal Judge – Hadro, CNA via Reg
Bill Nye: Gender-Chromosome Correlation Is So ’90s – Daniel Payne, The Federalist
How Conversion Therapy Bans Will Trap Transgender Children – Marcus Gregory, The Fdrlst
Canadian Catholic School District Cancels Play Over Gender-Identity Concerns – CNA via NCRg
Legalism, Old and New – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report
Belgian Religious Euthanizers to be Investigated – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Catholic Education Service Denies Receiving Outside Funding for Homophobia Document – CH
For the FRIDAY NUNTIUM MORNING EDITION (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY CIVILIZATION UPDATE (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY NEWS EXTRA (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY NUNTIUM AFTERNOON EDITION (12 May, AD 2017) click here.

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THURSDAY NUNTIUM EDITION

Questions in the Wake of Cardinal Coccopalmerio’s Comments on Anglican Orders

by Edward N. Peters, J.C.D., J.D.,

of The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

So About “Couples for Whom NFP Doesn’t Work” . . . – Jane the Actuary
The 5 Prayers Revealed at Fatima that Every Catholic Should Know – ChurchPop
How to Tell True Apparitions From False – Patti Maguire Armstrong, NC Register
Old Earth, Flood Geology, Local Flood, & Uniformitarianism – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Catholicism & Evolution/Charles Darwin’s Religious Beliefs – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Suffering–Our Great Gift from God* – Bob Kurland Ph.D., Reflections of a Catholic Scientist
Make Church Music Great Again – Deacon Lawrence Klimecki, Beauty of Catholicism
Emotional Video of Adopted Man Thanking His Birth Mother Goes Viral – Steven Ertelt, Lf Nws
Vatican Observatory Director: Science Tells Us How God Created the Universe – CNA via NCRg
The Easter Gospels of the Byzantine Rite – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Jesus, Taxes, and Charity – Matthew Cooper, The Dorothy Day Option
For the FRIDAY NEWS EDITION (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY NUNTIUM MORNING EDITION (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY CIVILIZATION UPDATE (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY NEWS EXTRA (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY NUNTIUM AFTERNOON EDITION (12 May, AD 2017) click here.

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MONDAY EXTRA

Francesco Cardinal Coccopalmerio

“If You Don’t Commit Adultery, I’ll Kill Myself!” – “Well, Okay”

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

A Conversation with Jesus; A Heavy Cross to Bear – Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today
If You Neglect This Gift, You Will Go to Hell – Patti Maguire Armstrong, N.C. Register
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Wants Churches Destroyed; Why Bother? – Fr. A. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
What Happens When Persecuted Christians Fight Back? – John L. Allen Jr., Crux
The State of Pope Francis’s Pontificate: Both Good & Not So Good – Andrea Gagliarducci, M.V.
These Gifs Perfectly Describe Every Confession Feel You’ve Ever Had – Chloe Mooradian, eP
7 Little-Known Prayers to St. Joseph Every Catholic Should Know – ChurchPop
Pope Francis & Sacred Musicians Call for the Reform of the Refrain – Nicholas Wolfram Smith
Young Samuel & Daniel Judged Elders: Traditionalism as Youth Movement – Kwasniewski Ph.D.
Let Me Kill It: The Violence of Being More Ethical Than Your Society – Patrick Malone, Cth Std
Pope Must Use Papal Visit to Highlight Plight of Egypt’s Christians – Fr. Alx Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
Would Vouchers Save Christian Schools, Or Nationalize & Secularize Them? – Jn. Zmirak Ph.D.
Humility vs. Humiliation: The Lessons of Christ and St. Francis – Gabriel Garnica, Cthlc Stnd
The Power of Family Faith Formation – Elisabeth Deffner, National Catholic Register
New York Times Misuses Data to Criticize Defunding of Planned Parenthood – Chuck Donovan
Saints of Lent: Saint Oliver Plunkett – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

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