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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Attorneys say 91 new lawsuits were filed against the diocese since last month under the Child Victims Act. Jeff Anderson & Associates, a firm representing dozens of victims in the ...

As a sex abuse victims’ advocate and a former Catholic seminary instructor and formator, I am led to question the validity of arguments put forward by Rev. James Martin, SJ, Steven P ...

In a recent parish bulletin, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill was featured as a visiting presider at Our Lady of Mercy in Potomac, Maryland.  Burrill was forced to resign as the USCCB’s ...

It may seem like a lifetime ago, but some may recall the habited Catholic nun who spoke at the Republican National Convention last August. She held up her Rosary and ...

A pontifical high Mass had been planned for 14 August in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.  It was actually supposed to be ...

The use of location-based hookup apps by officials or employees of Church institutions could present serious security problems for the Church, even at the level of the Holy See’s diplomatic ...

Pope Francis insists in a new book things will never be the same in a post-pandemic world, calling instead for the establishment of a “new world order.” In a book-length ...

James Finn is a columnist for Prism and Pen, a LGBTQ publication that claims to amplify LGBTQ voices through the art of storytelling.  Finn describes himself as a “middle-aged uppity ...

Bishop Callahan did not hesitate to remove the priestly faculties of Fr. James Altman, but has been reluctant to do so for disgraced Monsignor Burrill. Elapsed time since Monsignor Burrill’s ...

For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself.  1 Corinthians 11:29 Ask yourself this simple question: How much would you need to hate a man ...

Pope Francis promotes synodality: everyone should be able to talk, everyone should be heard. This was hardly the case with his recently published motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, an ukase [imperial ...