News & Commentary

Aggregated news and commentary from across the web regarding cover-up of the sexual abuse scandal.

WATCH: 'It's Going to be Sickening' - Maryland Priest Abuse Report Under Review by Judge

WATCH: ‘It’s Going to be Sickening’ – Maryland Priest Abuse Report Under Review by Judge

CBS News, David Collins
Your browser does not support the video tag. A judge will review the Maryland Attorney General’s report on alleged sexual abuse by priests within the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. Circuit ...
Pachamama Reappears at Mass with Latin American Bishops for Synod on Synodality

Pachamama Reappears at Mass with Latin American Bishops for Synod on Synodality

The statue of the Pachamama made its appearance in Brazil at a Mass for the Regional Assemblies of Latin America and the Caribbean during the continental-stage meetings of the Synod on ...
Why Is Pope Francis Dealing With the CCP?

Why Is Pope Francis Dealing With the CCP?

Our current pope turns a blind eye to the sins of the CCP. A few years ago, I taught a course focusing on Chinese transnational crime and money laundering. During ...
University of Notre Dame to Host ‘Queer Holiness’ Event

University of Notre Dame to Host ‘Queer Holiness’ Event

Set to take place on March 23rd, the event titled “Queer Holiness” will focus on “the gift of LGBTQI people to the church” and will feature Charles Bell, the author ...
Synodal Way in Germany Allows Gay Blessings, Women Preachers

Synodal Way in Germany Allows Gay Blessings, Women Preachers

The Catholic Church in Germany has voted to permit the blessing of same-sex couples and women preachers to deliver the homily during Holy Mass. Official blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples ...
Steubenville Bishop Bans Latin Mass at Franciscan University, Effective Immediately

Steubenville Bishop Bans Latin Mass at Franciscan University, Effective Immediately

Students, faculty, staff and others who attend the traditional Latin Mass at Franciscan University will need to venture off campus to worship in the more ancient form of the Mass ...
Father Rupnik Concelebrated Mass in a Rome Basilica DESPITE Restrictions

Father Rupnik Concelebrated Mass in a Rome Basilica DESPITE Restrictions

Father Marko Rupnik concelebrated Mass at a basilica in Rome on Sunday despite restrictions prohibiting “any public ministerial and sacramental activity.” The Jesuit priest and artist who has been accused ...
Working for Church Renewal

Working for Church Renewal

In 2018, the scandal involving then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick shocked the Catholic world. McCarrick had a global presence; he operated at the highest levels of the Church, and he enjoyed the ...
Catholic Official: Main Driver of Migration is ‘Climate Change’

Catholic Official: Main Driver of Migration is ‘Climate Change’

Tapfuma Murove, Zimbabwe’s country representative for Catholic Relief Services, the overseas development arm of the U.S. bishops, said that climate change tops the list of drivers of African migration. “There are ...
San Diego Diocese Facing Lawsuit From Its Own Insurance Company

San Diego Diocese Facing Lawsuit From Its Own Insurance Company

The insurance carrier for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed a lawsuit Friday contending that because the diocese violated the terms of its insurance policies, the company should ...
The Conformist Cardinals

The Conformist Cardinals

Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind… Romans 12:2 To be fair, Cardinal McElroy didn’t call for the Church to ordain ...
A Role Model for Bishops

A Role Model for Bishops

I have written here on St. Thomas More as a role model for laypeople in the Catholic Church. The bishops, too, need a role model, however, particularly in these times. They are ...
Wisconsin Priest Charged AGAIN After Molestation Convicted and Sent Back to Prison

Wisconsin Priest Charged AGAIN After Molestation Convicted and Sent Back to Prison

A former Wausau Roman Catholic priest convicted of molesting and exposing himself to teenage boys under his care was returned to prison after police allegedly discovered graphic images of children ...
Sexual Abuse Investigation Ended for Priest Formerly Named to be Bishop of Duluth

Sexual Abuse Investigation Ended for Priest Formerly Named to be Bishop of Duluth

ABC News, Staff
The investigation of a Catholic priest who was accused of sexual abuse of a minor while serving in South Dakota has ended; and while the allegation couldn’t be proven, the ...
Former Michigan Priest Sentenced to Prison for Raping 7-Year-Old Boy

Former Michigan Priest Sentenced to Prison for Raping 7-Year-Old Boy

A former Michigan priest has been sentenced to three to 15 years in state prison for raping a 7-year-old boy in 2004. Joseph Baker, 60, will also be required to ...
When Government Slanders and Spies On Traditional Catholics

When Government Slanders and Spies On Traditional Catholics

On Feb. 8, former FBI special agent turned federal whistleblower Kyle Seraphin published online a Jan. 23, 2023, internal memorandum by the FBI’s Richmond Field Office in which it advocated ...
Will Other Bishops Have The Courage To Answer Paprocki’s Challenge?

Will Other Bishops Have The Courage To Answer Paprocki’s Challenge?

From my personal perspective, the this week’s stunning First Things essay by Bishop Paprocki is easily the most important news story of the young year: a development that I have ...
Josh Hawley for Pope

Josh Hawley for Pope

Complicit Clergy, Staff
On Wednesday, March 1, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland over the Department of Justice (DOJ) apparent “anti-Catholic bias.” Senator Hawley, who is not even Catholic, put ...
‘Its Cowardice’: Whistleblower Responds to USCCB Statement on FBI Memo Targeting Catholics

‘Its Cowardice’: Whistleblower Responds to USCCB Statement on FBI Memo Targeting Catholics

The FBI whistleblower who leaked the intelligence memo singling out traditionalist Catholics for greater “assessment” and “mitigation” has said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) response to the memo ...
Priest to Pope Francis: ‘Humbly Admit’ You’re ‘Wrong’ and that ‘Christian Tradition is Right’

Priest to Pope Francis: ‘Humbly Admit’ You’re ‘Wrong’ and that ‘Christian Tradition is Right’

The following is an excerpt from Father Jesusmary Missigbètò fifth open letter to Pope Francis. On reading my open letters, one realizes that the first major cause of the moral ...
Imagining a Heretical Cardinal

Imagining a Heretical Cardinal

Imagine if a cardinal of the Catholic Church were to publish an article in which he condemned “a theology of eucharistic coherence that multiplies barriers to the grace and gift ...
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