By Russell Shaw on Jan 31, 2019 06:41 pm
Can a one-day conference at a university breathe life into a cause that lately appears to have stalled: involving the Catholic laity in ending the crisis of authority and trust afflicting the Church in the [...]
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The Avuncular EpiscopacyBy Nicholas Senz on Jan 31, 2019 12:23 am
By now we’re all familiar with “Uncle Ted,” the nickname Archbishop Theodore McCarrick gave himself. We now know of the sinister association that epithet had—McCarrick would refer to the priests and seminarians who were the [...]
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According to a June 2017 Gallup survey, nearly half of U.S. Catholics (49 percent) had a “high” or “very high” opinion of the honesty and ethical standards of clergy. By early December 2018, the number had fallen to 31 percent. Most of the difference is likely attributable to the new reports of earlier cases of […]
By Catholic News Agency on Feb 12, 2019 07:19 pm
Denver, Colo., Feb 12, 2019 / 03:41 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Theodore McCarrick will reportedly be laicized this week, if he is found guilty of having sexually abused minors. But what does it mean to be [...]
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