In his quests to stack the College of Cardinals, reshape the U.S. episcopate, and usher in “a different Church,” Pope Francis has promoted a slate of radical American cardinals with a shared vision that would all but destroy the Catholic Church as we know it. With his recent elevation of San Diego’s Cardinal Robert McElroy, … Read more
Francis has elevated a number of highly questionable prelates to senior positions in the roman curia recently and elevated more questionable junior members of the episcopate to their first positions as the local ordinary of their own dioceses and many of them have something in common that a lot of people aren’t really talking … Read more
I’ve been busy and didn’t have time to deal with this one until now, but it seems like there’s a fun new spin on heresy that we’re starting to see from the liberals. Apparently, they also prepped Cardinal Tobin well enough that he could finally string it together. Dan “The Horan of Babylon” floated it … Read more
At least 820 sex abuse lawsuits have been filed against New Jersey’s Catholic dioceses and religious orders in the past two years — including some 180 in the past month alone, according to an analysis by news outlet NorthJersey.com. About 250 of the lawsuits, representing 30% of the total, involved priests, with religious sisters and … Read more
Michael Reading decided to sue after Cardinal Joseph Tobin refused to respond to letter. Michael Reading fled the priesthood 25 years ago because he was wrestling with personal and professional demons he couldn’t name. Only now does he understand what those struggles truly were. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Newark, used his power … Read more
‘Nighty-Night Baby’ Tobin appears to have a problem in his Archdiocese. The latest from the independent Catholic news site The Pillar: The Archdiocese of Newark says it will investigate the possibility of clerical sexual misconduct, in response to questions from The Pillar about the use of location-based hookup apps at several parish rectories in the archdiocese. While … Read more
What in the world are lavender bishops and cardinals doing in the Catholic Church? Trying to hide for one thing. Some hide well, and in plain sight. Others, not so well. As I reviewed U.S. Catholic prelates’ history in the 20th century, it was easy to find the likes of Cardinal Spellman of New York … Read more
Sitting in his office in New Jersey, Cardinal Joseph Tobin looked into his computer’s camera and urged his fellow Catholic bishops to kill a proposal that could lead to denying Holy Communion to political leaders who support abortion rights. The move could “drive a wedge” between Americans and the Catholic Church, Tobin told the members … Read more
14 bishops have now signed a statement insinuating that God created same-sex attraction in people and that such attraction is healthy and normal. Fourteen U.S. Catholic bishops, one of them a cardinal, have added their names to a statement in partnership with a pro-homosexual advocacy group in support of young people who identify as LGBT, … Read more
U.S. Cardinal Joseph Tobin said that Pope Francis’ “long-game” plan to effect change in the Church — to the point of bringing about “the Church’s own conversion” — will be accomplished through the vehicle of “synodality.” “Synodality is, in fact, the long-game of Pope Francis,” said Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, during a May 4 Zoom … Read more