The 30-year-old priest flew to Italy with an unnamed 18-year-old woman who is a recent graduate of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, which Father Crow also attended.
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Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis on those upset by his criticism of ‘reactionary’ U.S. Catholics: ‘Let’s move on’
Onboard his flight to Mongolia, Pope Francis said he knew some people were upset by the remarks, but the church must keep moving forward. “They got angry, but let’s move on, move on.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Pope Francis’ criticisms of ‘reactionary’ U.S. Catholics are counterproductive
Pope Francis has a problem with American Catholic ideologues. Maybe he’s talking about you.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Cardinal Dolan: The Catholic Church has too many seminaries.
To provide quality formation—human, academic, spiritual and pastoral—to our future priests is a sacred duty. We would be able to do this better if we had fewer seminaries, all of them excellent ones.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Pope Francis speaks out against his critics in the U.S. Catholic Church
Pope Francis commented that the situation in the Catholic Church in the United States is “not easy,” where “there is a very strong reactionary attitude” that “is organized and shapes the way people belong, even emotionally.”
Posted inFaith, News
San Francisco Archdiocese files for bankruptcy amid hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco announced Aug. 21 the archdiocese has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization “to facilitate settlements” with survivors of clergy abuse.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The wit and wisdom of John Tracy Ellis
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan reviews Msgr. Thomas Shelley’s ‘John Tracy Ellis: An American Catholic Reformer,’ calling it “a well-documented yet very readable biography of the ‘dean’ of American Catholic history.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic schools in 2023 at a glance
Catholic schools have endured a whipsaw from the Covid-19 pandemic in recent years.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
Our readers on creating a church that welcomes L.G.B.T. Catholics
In her feature, Eve Tushnet describes a curriculum she is creating to welcome young L.G.B.T. Catholics. The article elicited numerous responses from our readers.
Posted inFaith, News
Disgraced Alabama priest believes he is married to 18-year-old and their running away to Italy is ‘Jesus’ will’
An Alabama priest disgraced after abandoning his parish to travel to Italy with an 18-year-old woman described himself as “married” to her in a Valentine’s Day letter.