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Editorial: Excommunication in Louisiana lays bare Catholic Church's hypocrisy
Toward the end of Matthew's Gospel, Jesus uses unsparing language in his condemnation of certain religious leaders of his era. He...
Mar 28, 2024
A Psalm of Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, rattle the rooms in which we are hiding, shake the tired foundations until the institution crumbles break the rules...
Mar 25, 2024


Nobody wins if the church gives up on its own abuse investigations
The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB, was correct in labelling the...
Mar 4, 2024


Clergy become mandatory child abuse reporters in bill, with big exception
The Washington Senate approved a compromise Wednesday that makes clergy and faith leaders mandatory reporters of child abuse with one big...
Feb 16, 2024


Former Myrtle Beach church altar boy sues over priest’s alleged sex abuse
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - A former altar boy at a Myrtle Beach parish is filing suit claiming he and others were groomed and sexually...
Feb 16, 2024


Archbishop's Mass ban for ecumenical community reflects outdated hierarchical model
BY TOM ROBERTS January 8, 2024 Well before it was nearly irremediably compromised by the ongoing clergy sexual abuse scandal, the...
Jan 8, 2024
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