By a two-to-one margin, American Catholics now give Francis negative marks for his handling of the sex abuse scandal (Pew Research Center) As allegations and investigations of sex abuse in the Catholic Church become more widespread, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that … Continue reading
The Catholic Church has faced a number of challenges in recent decades. Recently Archbishop Viganò accused Pope Francis of covering up for now ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s serial sex abuse of seminarians and priests. (Read the reports here) As a result of continuing … Continue reading
In his NBC interview, Cardinal Cupich raised the specter of racism, suggesting that people who believe allegations against the pope “don’t like him because he is a Latino.” (Thomas D. Williams – Breitbart) Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, … Continue reading
“I have posted the entire text below. I’ve read it twice now, and I’m telling you, this story is as big as it gets.” (Rod Dreher – The American Conservative) Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who served at the papal nuncio … Continue reading
(Nicole Winfield – RNS) The head of the Vatican’s communications department has resigned over a scandal about a letter from the retired pope that the communications chief mischaracterized in public and then had digitally manipulated in a photograph sent to … Continue reading