Publication: Rorate Caeli
Guess Who’s Coming To My Installation?
At the "installation" of Wilton Gregory as archbishop of Washington this afternoon, eyebrows were raised when disgraced Cardinal Roger Mahony was spotted near disgraced Cardinal Donald Wuerl in the sanctuary ...
De Mattei: “The Most Terrible Schism The World Has Ever Seen”
On February 4, 2019, at Abu Dhabi, Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Ahmad Al- Tayyeb, signed the document on “Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living ...
A Public Repudiation of the Catholic Faith?
On February 4th 2019, Pope Francis and Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, signed a 'Document on Human Fraternity'. The document and its signing were public acts. It ...
Is Not Bishop Knestout Obligated To Act on Catholic Lawmaker Who Voted for Virginia’s Horrific Infanticide Bill?
The governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, made news this week when he spoke in support of infanticide (not to be confused with his latest news). This followed the action of the governor of ...
Tyranny and Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
One factor that is second to none in giving rise to the scandalous situation in today's Church is a conception of episcopal authority as a form of tyranny, rather than ...
All Roads Lead to Washington, D.C.
1) Bishop Michael Bransfield resigned and the resignation was accepted. Bransfield served for 24 years at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., most of the ...
Archbishop Viganò – Punished for Telling the Truth?
Will Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who brought to light the existence of corruption in the Vatican, singling out those guilty, beginning with the highest ecclesiastical authorities, be punished for telling ...
Attacking the Whistleblower: The Abuse-Enabling Culture is Alive and Well in the Vatican
In the current phase of the Church's crisis, we are focusing as much or more on the enablers of abuse, than on the abusers themselves. It is time we thought ...
A Not-So-Hypothetical Legal Exercise: What if Jorge Mario Bergoglio Were to be Sued in his Individual Capacity?
One can just imagine the panicked phone calls going out on Sunday morning, summoning annoyed associates and partners back to their cushy downtown law offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, ...
Fr. Cipolla: “Uncle Ted: The Homosexual Subculture of Bishops and Priests is as Large as Ever”
One would have to be a hermit not to know about quondam Cardinal McCarrick’s precipitous fall from grace. The New York Times, probably with great relish, ran three stories on McCarrick’s other career ...
