Columnist: Lisa Bourne
4 Men Sue Pennsylvania Diocese, Including 2 Bishops, For Sex Abuse Cover-Up
Four men filed a lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Scranton, Pa., and its current and former bishops August 28, claiming sexual abuse by a priest and cover-up by the ...
Facing Sex-Abuse Charges Voluntarily Adds More Weight to Pell’s Claim of Innocence
Australian Cardinal George Pell, as a Vatican official who would have retained diplomatic immunity, did not have to face trial in Australia for sexual abuse of minors but chose to ...
Former Catholic Herald Editor Blasts Amazon Synod, ‘Corrupt Pope’
The Vatican’s working document for its upcoming Amazon Synod is politically correct nonsense, a venerable Catholic journalist, editor, and author has said. Damian Thompson, of late the former editor-in-chief for ...
Buffalo Diocese Denies ‘Crackdown’ on Seminarians – Sources Say Otherwise
The Diocese of Buffalo and Christ the King Seminary are unequivocally denying a report that the seminary is conducting a leak investigation into seminarians who spoke up about diocesan priests having ...
Cardinal Burke: Pope’s Declaration Saying God Wills ‘Diversity of Religions’ is ‘Not Correct’
Cardinal Raymond Burke thinks the controversial statement in a joint Catholic-Muslim declaration signed by Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi earlier this month, which says that God wills a diversity of ...
40 DAYS FOR LIFE CEO: If Cuomo’s Abortion Activism Doesn’t Merit Excommunication, Then What Would?
The Catholic president and CEO of 40 Days for Life has joined a number of Catholics in supporting the call for Andrew Cuomo to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church over his push for and ...
Catholic Apologist Expresses Bewilderment Over Church Silencing Faithful Priest But Not Dissenters
A passionate evangelist for the Catholic faith called out the discrepancy between the hierarchy’s handling of priests who speak in defense of the Church amid the sexual abuse scandal versus ...
Father George Rutler: ‘The Vatican has Become a Theological Chernobyl’
The Vatican has become the equivalent of nuclear catastrophe in terms of its theology, a noted priest scholar said. Father George Rutler, citing a number of Pope Francis’ statements and acts, ...
Sales from LGBT ‘Rainbow’ Rosary Promoted by Fr. James Martin Funds Pro-Abortion Groups
Profits from the sacrilegious rosary promoted by LGBT-affirming Father James Martin last week will fund groups supportive of abortion and other causes in conflict with Catholic teaching. Some of the proceeds from ...
Our US Bishops, God’s Frozen People
I was with the bishops in Baltimore for their annual fall assembly. Paralyzing fear was palpable among the prelates. The air was thick with it, permeating the general sessions, lobby, ...
US Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development Continues to Fund Pro-Abortion, Pro-LGBT Groups
Grants from the U.S. Bishops’ domestic anti-poverty arm are again benefitting groups associated with support for abortion and open homosexuality, new reports from the Lepanto Institute say. The United States ...
D.C. Archdiocese Runs Ad on CNN Praising Wuerl’s ‘Accomplishments’
The Archdiocese of Washington purchased advertising on CNN’s website to promote Pope Francis’s complimentary regard for outgoing Cardinal Archbishop Donald Wuerl - paid for through its communications office, which gets ...
Moral Theologian: We Must ‘Eradicate’ Church’s Gay Networks to Fight Sex Abuse
The allegations of sexual misconduct made public in June against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick finally brought the decades-old open secret of the disgraced former cardinal’s sexually abusive behavior out in the open – also raising the question of the ...