Columnist: Daniel Burke
How 2018 Became the Catholic Church’s Year from Hell
A prominent cardinal resigned in disgrace. Grand jurors accused hundreds of Catholic clerics of secretly abusing children. A former Vatican ambassador urged the Pope himself to step down. It was ...
D.C. Attorney General Launches Investigation into Catholic Church
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine announced Tuesday he has launched a civil investigation into whether the Archdiocese of Washington violated the law by covering up the sexual abuse of ...
Cardinal Wuerl Met Privately with Pope Francis about Crisis in D.C. Diocese
Pope Francis met with embattled Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington last Thursday in Vatican City, where they discussed the cardinal's personal situation, according to a source familiar with Wuerl's presentation ...
USCCB President: Catholic Church Suffers from ‘Crisis of Sexual Morality’
The sexual abuse accusations against a prominent American archbishop reveal a "grievous moral failure" within the Catholic Church, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said on Tuesday ...