Please pray that God might have mercy on his eternal soul. A scandal-plagued U.S. prelate has passed away, one day after being hospitalized for a stroke. Retired Albany bishop Howard Hubbard died today at age 84. This comes just weeks after news broke that Hubbard civilly married a woman. Albany’s current bishop, Edward Scharfenberger, released the following … Read more
The U.S. bishops’ conference migration chairman is praising a new initiative by the Department of Homeland Security, while seemingly calling for open borders. Monday, El Paso bishop Mark Seitz lauded the family reunification plan enacted by the DHS last week and advocated for more changes to U.S. immigration policies. In a USCCB statement, Seitz remarked, “Unfortunately, what … Read more
Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, green-lit tens of thousands of dollars in payment for the education and living expenses of a former seminarian accused of rape. After viewing a letter to St. Louis University in Missouri, Knox News reported that the bishop authorized his diocese to pay $48,258 for Wojciech Sobczuk’s 2021–2022 school year costs. “Bishop Richard … Read more
A victim advocacy group is once again calling for the resignation of Baltimore’s archbishop. On Monday, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) called for a change in power after the revelation that known abusers were left in power to this day by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Vice President Abp. William Lori. “We call … Read more