In a lengthy Jan. 10 post on his website, Legionary of Christ Father Matthew Schneider took credit for alerting Loyola Press, and described Father Jim Sichko as a “habitual plagiarist.”
Father Marko Rupnik—a renowned mosaic artist who was expelled from the Jesuits for refusing to comply with ministry restrictions after credible abuse accusations—has been accepted into the Diocese of Koper.
As the Sept. 30, 2019, deadline for filing the forms approached, program administrators reported a surge in claims, which totaled 616 as of May 30 of this year. Of those, “the overwhelming majority” have been “meritorious.”
More than 1,000 people gathered in Philadelphia May 10 to demonstrate against recent social media videos of a Pennsylvania lawmaker berating people for praying outside of an abortion clinic.
Since April 2017, Catholic Social Services' Welcome the Refugee program has assisted 60 individuals from 10 countries, providing both immediate and long-term support.
Despite the scope of the problem, the Mother of Mercy team sees Philadelphia's opioid addiction crisis as an opportunity to manifest the restorative power of Christ's love.