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February 19, 2019
‘The Fact Is, Some Men Should Never Have Been Ordained’
My friend, blog neighbor and fellow Queens resident Dr. Pat McNamara offers us the long...
February 18, 2019
The Next Scandal: Vatican Confirms Secret Rules for Handling ‘The Children of the Ordained’
From The New York Times: The Vatican has confirmed, apparently for the first time, that...
February 18, 2019
Report: Pope Francis Lifts Sanctions Against Nicaraguan Priest Reprimanded by John Paul
It was one of the most famous moments in the early years of John Paul's...
January 2019
January 28, 2019
Pope on plane: ‘My decision is: no optional celibacy’ for priests
From CNS: The primary goal of the Vatican's February summit on clerical sexual abuse and...
January 23, 2019
The 71-year-old grandfather who is also a priest: ‘The Lord called me, grabbed me by the hair, but I ran away’
A great vocation story: Speaking to the Italian television network TV2000, a recently ordained Italian...
January 09, 2019
Want to lose weight in 2019? Let this priest show you how he did it.
This is great: "Overeating destroyed my body,” Fr. Ryan Rooney says. “At my highest weight...
January 07, 2019
Opus Dei paid nearly a million dollars in sexual misconduct suit against Father McCloskey
From The Washington Post: The Catholic community Opus Dei in 2005 paid $977,000 to settle...
January 05, 2019
Why become a priest now? ‘I want to be a medic on the battlefield of life’
From my Patheos neighbor and friend Father Matthew Schneider, a great witness from a seminarian...
January 03, 2019
Germany’s Cardinal Marx: ‘Further adaptations of church teachings are required’
Details from CNS: German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising called for change in...
December 2018
December 28, 2018
‘Please pray for us’: Episcopal priest in Tennessee announces he’s becoming Catholic
Details: A conservative Episcopal priest, who is a top administrator in the Tennessee diocese, is leaving...
December 25, 2018
Merry Christmas: that priest is a fake
You hear about these things from time to time, but I've never heard of an...
December 24, 2018
Shock: Brooklyn priest kills himself days before Christmas
Details: A Brooklyn priest killed himself inside a church rectory less than two weeks before...
December 14, 2018
Family criticizes priest’s hurtful funeral homily — UPDATED
Check out the video below from Detroit: Some thoughts: It's highly unusual for a local...
December 14, 2018
Cardinal: Anglican orders should not be considered ‘invalid’
Details: One of the Vatican’s top legal minds has opened the way for a revision...
December 02, 2018
‘The truth has to be told’: Deacon accuses priest of attempted sexual assault
From The Day in New London: A former deacon at Sacred Heart Church in Groton...
November 2018
November 29, 2018
Bombshell: 2012 report on Connecticut seminary uncovered wide homosexual network
From The National Catholic Register: Some of the seminarians and transitional deacons at the center...
November 29, 2018
‘Nothing newsworthy to report’: Diocese defends employing priest who threatened rape, says he has recovered
The lead paragraph from the AP report on a priest in Sioux City: A Roman Catholic...
November 08, 2018
A reason to wear the collar: ‘It represents slavery. Ministers are slaves of Jesus Christ.’
Here's an insightful and even inspiring analysis on the wearing of the collar — from...
October 2018
October 19, 2018
Seminarians being targeted for verbal abuse on college campus
Details: Seton Hall University's interim president sent the campus community a stern reminder to be civil...
October 11, 2018
Bishop at Synod: Some married men would answer the call to the priesthood
Some, of course, are already answering the call. The story, from CNS: Speaking to the...
October 10, 2018
Bishop forms committee of lay people to study personnel files of accused priests
I'm not aware of other dioceses doing this, so kudos to Bishop Christopher Coyne of...
October 09, 2018
The Synod, the crisis, and a question: What about deacons?
Over the summer, as the news broke about the Grand Jury report from Pennsylvania and...
October 08, 2018
Pope praises families of married Eastern Catholic priests
Details: The families of Eastern-rite Catholic priests give an important witness to what is healthy...
September 2018
September 25, 2018
WATCH: Renewal of promises of the baptized, the deacons and priests
This occurred in Auriesville, New York last Saturday. ;v=9nuk3M598_E The Diocese of Albany website explains...
September 22, 2018
Becoming a new priest in the middle of the scandal: ‘I wondered if I was in the right place’
A few days back, my friend Gary Zimak interviewed me for his radio show, and...
September 20, 2018
What happened when a priest revealed in a homily that he had been abused
From CNS: To be a voice for victims of clerical sexual abuse, Father Brendan McGuire...
September 18, 2018
Should priests be given permanent pastoral assignments?
We just celebrated our parish feast day — Our Lady of Sorrows — and it...
September 14, 2018
A priest writes to seminarians: ‘Let’s be the ones who remain’
This is superb—and much-needed right now. It comes from the blog of Father Michael Niemczak,...
September 11, 2018
UPDATE on the case of Father Juan Carlos Gavancho
You may remember this story from a few days ago, regarding a California priest who...
September 05, 2018
‘He plays the cards he’s been dealt’: A priest confronts Alzheimer’s
A beloved priest in California faces a terrible diagnosis: Father John Vieira gathers with the...
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