During the Saturday evening Mass when Father Looney heard the opening lines of the first reading from Jeremiah, the priest switched gears, deciding he had to say something about sexual abuse allegations against now former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington.
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Indian Catholic leaders protest call to ban sacrament of reconciliation
India’s Catholic Church has led a chorus of protest over a demand to ban the sacrament of reconciliation from the chairwoman of the National Commission for Women.
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Why would a priest or seminarian not report sexual harassment by a superior?
Six interrelated reasons for reluctance, based on my own experience.
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Catholic leaders react to McCarrick resignation from College of Cardinals
When allegations first surfaced regarding then-Cardinal McCarrick last month, some church officials called for new regulations and policies that apply to charges of misconduct and mismanagement against bishops. But in his letter, Bishop Scharfenberger said such changes alone will not be enough to address the church’s failings.
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Dementia didn’t rob me of my mom. It revealed her truest self.
Your mom’s gone. That’s what people told me during the last year of my mother’s life when she suffered from dementia.
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Father James Martin, S.J.: Learning from St. Ignatius
Who was St. Ignatius of Loyola?
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Pope on helping the poor and victims of trafficking: “We cannot look the other way”
Pope Francis asked people to generously serve those most in need and to never waste food.
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of archbishop facing prison time for failure to report sex abuse
Archbishop Wilson of Adelaide is the highest-ranking Catholic bishop to be convicted and sentenced for failure to report a case of abuse.
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Pope Francis accepts Theodore McCarrick’s resignation from the College of Cardinals
The pope “has ordered his suspension from the exercise of any public ministry, together with the obligation to remain in a house yet to be indicated to him, for a life of prayer and penance until the accusations made against him are examined in a regular canonical trial,” the Vatican and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced today.
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Searching for God in the city of angels
Just as I saw with my coworkers, the expressions of faith of the poor and vulnerable are occurring against a background of chaos and fear.