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No ‘Church of Accompaniment’ when it comes conscientious objectors of the COVID jab The Archdiocese of New York has instructed priests not to grant religious exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines, saying that do so would contradict the pope. “There is no basis for a priest to issue a religious exemption to the vaccine,” stated a July … Read more
While there have been some notable attempts to help us understand the rationale behind the most recent motu proprio, Traditionis Custodes, the published reflection on the document by Italian Professor Massimo Viglione stands out because it is the only one that recognizes the sin of envy that is driving this latest papal attempt to destroy … Read more
A former bishop at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany admitted to covering up sexual abuse by priests for decades. Former Bishop Howard J. Hubbard ran the state capital’s diocese for 37 years from 1977 to 2014, and recently answered a series of questions from The Times Union regarding sexual abuse cases. “When an allegation … Read more
An announcement by the Pontifical North American College (NAC) seminary in Rome confirms that the vice-rector, Father Adam Park, will suddenly “not be returning” to his post at the NAC amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct toward seminarians under his authority. The Washington D.C. priest is a defendant along with Cardinal Timothy Dolan … Read more
The aftershocks of the Theodore McCarrick scandal are continuing to rock the Church. The latest one came last Thursday. The defrocked cardinal “has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in Massachusetts in 1974,” the Associated Press reported. McCarrick faces three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person … Read more
Traditionis custodes: this is the incipit [“beginning” or “first words”] of the document with which Francis imperiously cancels the previous Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum of Benedict XVI. The almost mocking tone of the bombastic quotation from Lumen Gentium will not have escaped notice: just when Bergoglio recognizes the Bishops as guardians of the Tradition, … Read more
Media reports announcing criminal charges brought against Theodore McCarrick have revealed that he has been living at Vianney Renewal Center in Ditmer, Missouri which is owned and operated by the Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete (CSP). Although some have reported that McCarrick is paying his own way at the center, the question remains … Read more
Criminal complaint reveals disgusting details of McCarrick’s alleged abuse McCarrick allegedly started sexually abusing the victim when he was a “young boy,” according to the complaint, in no less than four states. On June 8, 1974, when the victim was 16, his brother got married. At the reception, McCarrick told the victim that his father … Read more
The Vatican secretary of state Cdl. Pietro Parolin has refused to confirm or deny reports that the gay cruising app Grindr may have been used to blackmail the Holy See into its secret deal with China. “At this point, also in the light of what has happened in recent days, I can say that no … Read more
Defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception at Wellesley College in the 1970s, making him the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official in the United States to face criminal charges in the clergy sexual abuse scandal. McCarrick, 91, a former archbishop of Washington, D.C., who fraternized … Read more