Kevin Cardinal Farrell

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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McCarrick Watch: Thursday Edition

Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick (Pic Credit: CNA via NC Register)

How to Save the American Catholic Leadership from Itself

. . .Uncle Ted Groomed & Picked Our Bishops. . .

. . .The man who earned that millstone helped pick bishops all across the United States.  Names include Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, & Cardinal Kevin Farrell, now running the *cough* Vatican office for Laity, Family, & Life.  Farrell shared an apartment with McCarrick for years, but claims he had no idea about McCarrick’s sordid habits.  Right.  We believe that, don’t we. . .

by John Zmirak, Ph.D.,

Dear Card. Cupich: Sex Abuse Has Everything to Do with Homosexuality – C. Chretien
Healing: Bishops Should Consider Doing Public Penance – Dawn Eden Goldstein, C. Hrld
McCarrick, the Bishops, & the Sense of Sin – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Bishop Shawn McKnight: “It is Almost Unbearable” – K. Schiffer, National Cthlc Register
Time’s Up for the Bishops – Cynthia Millen, Catholic Stand
Where Are the Bishops Who Will Defend Faithful Priests? – A Diocesan Priest, Crisis
Silence Stops Now – Regina Magazine
Metuchen Bishop: Fear of Retribution Must End Seminarians – Peter Jesserer Smith
The Bishops & ‘Best Practices’, Does That Sound Familiar? – Ph. Lawler, Cthlc Culture
Young Catholics Sign Letter Calling for Investigation – Ch. Rousselle, Ntnl C. Register
Living Holy Lives Will Help Heal the Church – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange
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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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TVESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Lorenzo Cardinal Baldiserri at the General Synod of Bishops (Pic Credit: Vox Cantor Blog)

In Light of Perverted Priest Problem, Cardinal Baldiserri’s “LGBT” Language is Terrible Timing

. . .the very day the news about Cardinal McCarrick broke, the Vatican released the working document for the upcoming Synod on Youth.  It used the “LGBT” acronym, the first such use in a Vatican document.  This shows that high-ranking prelates are running interference for people like McCarrick. . .

by Jennifer Roback Morse

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Fr. Z Fisks Fr. Hunwicke’s Rant, ROFL Ensues – Fr. Z’s Blog
What Happened to the Ark of the Covenant? – Billy Ryan, uCatholic
Here are St. Ignatius’ 8 Rules for the Discernment of Spirits – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
The Priestly Hunger Years – Rob Marco, Catholic Stand
The Consequences of Losing Catholic Culture – Msgr. Robert Batule, Crisis Magazine
Former Chilean Nuns Speak Out on Sex Abuse – David Nussman, Church Militant
What To Do With 1 Million Frozen Embryos in the United States? – J. Stonestreet, LN
31 July – St. Ignatius of Loyola: Concerning Jesuits & Heretics – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Eucharistic Jesus Is a Mighty Force Against the Devil – V. Oforka, Cthlc Exchange
Video Series Catholicism 10th Anniversary, Free Online Viewing – J.P. Mauro, Aleteia
Rome Opens Cause for Sainthood of Chiara Corbella Petrillo – Th. Williams, epicPew
This is What Changed St. Ignatius’ Life Forever – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Card. Mueller: To Lead in Europe, Germany Must Recover Moral Strength – NC Register
The Tyranny of Reproductive “Justice” – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine
Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Scriptural Journey – Fr. Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm.
The Real Reason Crisis Pregnancy Ctrs. Must Always Be Free – P. Knapp, NC Register
The Importance of Silence in Christianity – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald
Making Sense of Suffering – Sarah Coffey, Ignitum Today
“Detached” My Latest Book is Available for Pre-Order! – T.J. Burdick
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McCarrick Watch: Tuesday Edition

Marjorie Murphy Campbell (Pic Credit: Screen Shot from EWTN’s The World Over with Raymond Arroyo)

Canon Lawyer Marjorie Murphy Campbell: Those Cardinals That Knew Must Resign

. . .Marjorie Murphy Campbell Is Not Taking That Awful Nonsense from American Bishops. . .

by Rod Dreher

Abp. Gomez of L.A. Archdiocese Promotes “Born Gay” Documentary – Jos. Sciambra
U.S. Bishop Calls for McCarrick to be Laicized – Mark Pattison, Catholic Herald
From the Pulpit, Priests Address Allegations Against Archbishop McCarrick – CNS
Albany Priest Describes a Culture of Harassment Under McCarrick – Michael O’Loughlin
How the Church Hoodwinked Its Anti-Abuse Experts – Sohrab Ahmari, Commentary
Why ‘Policies & Procedures’ Won’t Resolve the Bishops’ Problems – P. Lawler, C. Cult.
The Catholic University of America Withdraws Honorary Degree – The CUA
Priest: Laity Must Help Put Out Sex Abuse Crisis Destroying the Church – L. Bourne, LS
The Tragic but Necessary #CatholicMeToo Movement – Sh. Schaetzel, Catholcis Are. . .
McCarrick Case is a Slur Against the Holy Chastity of the Priesthood – Msgr. O. Campion
Hope in the Face of Crisis – Fr. Charles Fox, The Catholic World Report
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TVESDAY EDITION

Sean Cardinal O’Malley (Credit: Stephen Driscoll of Catholic News Agency)

Cardinal McCarrick Homosexual Scandal, Unanswered Questions & Bishops Mentioned:

Cardinal Sean O’Malley, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Archbishop William Lori, Archbishop Harry Flynn, Archbishop John Myers, & Bishop Paul Bootkoski

. . .from all corners of the Church, questions are being raised about those who might have known about McCarrick’s misconduct, about how the Church will now handle the allegations against McCarrick, & about what it means for the Church that a prominent, powerful, & reportedly predatory cleric was permitted to continue in ministry for decades without censure or intervention.. . .

by J.D. Flynn,

of the Catholic News Agency

from The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
An Effective Prayer Against Lustful Thoughts, by St. Thomas Aquinas – Aleteia
The Real Hope of Dante & Picasso’s Ugly, Meaningless Art – Rod Dreher, The Americ. . .
Priest’s Call for Parents to Get Their Kids Off Snapchat Goes Viral – ChurchPOP
Why Is Google Translate Making Apocalyptic Predictions of Christ’s Return – ChurchPOP
6 Promises Of God Every Christian Should Know – Becky Roach, Catholic Link
Pp. Francis Approves USCCB Delegates for Oct.’s Synod of Bishops – Cthlc News Service
Humanae Vitae: An Unwelcomed Anniversary in the West – Fr. Basil Cole O.P., H&PR
St. John Cassian, Gluttony & Internet Intemperance – Susanna Spencer, NC Register
Was Shakespeare Catholic? A Book Round-Up – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Falling Away & Coming Home – Mike Filce, Ignitum Today
Boosting Films That Foster a Culture of Life – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
The “Disenfranchised Grief” of the Pain Women Experience After Abortion – Life Nws
Why Do Catholics “Worship Mary”? – uCatholic
Colors & Skintone: How Many Should Your Closet Really Have? – Meghan Ashley Styling
Missouri Governor Signs Tax Credit Benefiting Pro-Life Centers – Gayle Irwin, Life News
What’s In a Name? Why I Call Myself Pro-Life – Carly Hoilman, Catholic Vote
3 Tips to Stop Struggling to Find Donors – Brice Sokolowski, Catholic Fundraiser
CRS Student Ambassadors Stress Need for Human Dignity to Congress – CNS Top Stories
As Special Olympics Turns 50, Catholics Encourage Joyful Competitions – NC Register
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MONDAY EGREGIOVS EDITION

Cardinals Kevin Farrell, Joseph Tobin, & Sean O’Malley

Three Cardinals — Farrell, Tobin, & O’Malley — Have Some Explaining To Do

. . .these bureaucrats, I swear.  Father Ramsey took a big risk to try to handle this within the Church, but the best he could get from Cardinal O’Malley is the clerical version of, “Sorry, that’s not my table”. . .

by Rod Dreher

How to Deal Properly with the Church Sex Scandals – Fr. Tho. V. Berg Ph.D., Frst Thngs
N.Y. Times Created a New Version of Leviticus to Support Gay Sex – Mic. Brown Ph.D.
For Unfairly Dumped Fr. Phillips, A Study in Contrasts – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5
Homosexuality – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment
How to Get to the Bottom of the Card. McCarrick Story for Good – Julia Duin, Get Rlgn
Protestant Myths About the Catholic Faith – Sarah Covey, Catholic Stand
More Details Emerge on Sex Abuse Allegations on Card. McCarrick – Sarah Rankin, Crux
University of Iowa Deregisters Dozens of Christian Student Groups – Jennifer Kabbany
The Coming Theocracy: Boogeyman of the Left – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine
Catholic Relief Services is a Major Funder of Contraception-Lobbyists – One Peter 5
Leaked Letter Adds to Pressure on Chile Cardinal Over Sex Abuse Scandals – Crux
Quotes Suitable for Framing: David Brady – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Eternal Truths & “Pastoral” Changes – Eduardo J. Echeverria, The Catholic Thing
Study: Kids Attending Govt Preschool Learn Less, Misbehave More – Joy Pullman
Testy Argentine Abortion Row Features Video Games, Slum Priests – I. San Martín, Crux
The Treasure of Sin? – Nathalie Fernandez, Ignitum Today
Teaching Prudence — & Not Teaching It – Randall B. Smith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
How Long Until Students Denounce Shakespeare as a White Imperialist? – Cthlc Herald
Outcome-based Parenting – Julie Machado, Catholic Stand
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