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A Machiavellian on the Throne of Peter?
September 2024Francis’s soundbite approach to theology has been a disaster for the Church. But worse have been the machinations from which the dissembling serves to distract us.
VIEW ARTICLEDispatch from the Dead Letter Office
May 2021The McCarrick report is a historical accounting that doesn’t hold anyone accountable, and it will have no practical consequences.
VIEW ARTICLESpendthrift Shepherds & Pervert Priests: Where Are They Now?
June 2020Here we follow-up on some disgraced prelates and their inner circles who did the dirty work of covering fraudulent, criminal behavior.
VIEW ARTICLEMillion-Dollar Bishops
March 2020It’s no coincidence that financial corruption walks hand in hand with sexual immorality. Where you find one, you’ll often find the other.
VIEW ARTICLEFather Figuring
July-August 2019The Catholic Church's sex-abuse problem is caused by predators who wear clerical collars and who are protected by a clericalist culture.
VIEW ARTICLEAn Outcast Among Organization Men
December 2018Few are the churchmen who are willing to speak publicly about the root cause of the sex-abuse crisis: the scourge of homosexuality in the priesthood.
VIEW ARTICLEEcce Papa Franciscus!
November 2018The Pope has convened a summit for February with the presidents of all bishops’ conferences to discuss "protection of minors."
VIEW ARTICLEDante’s Divine Comedy & the Viganò Testimony
November 2018Then as now, opinion makers try to reduce those who testify against Church corruption to resentful reactionaries working out their revenge.
VIEW ARTICLEAt Last, a Reckoning?
October 2018Archbishop Viganò has cracked open the Vatican cone of silence and exposed what might be a Church-wide cover-up of McCarrick’s crimes.
VIEW ARTICLEUncle Ted McCarrick: Queen Pin of the Lavender Mafia
September 2018Many, many priests and bishops knew Theodore McCarrick was a serial molester and yet, somehow, McCarrick got the ultimate appointment to the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., and was elevated to the rank of cardinal.
VIEW ARTICLEArchbishop Niederauer's Eucharistic Moment
December 2007What happens when the Archbishop of San Francisco comes face-to-face with costumed blasphemers? He gives them Communion.
VIEW ARTICLEAn Update on Fr. Timothy Radcliffe
December 2006The former Dominican Master General says Catholics need to stretch their minds by reading gay novels, having gay friends and listening to them.
VIEW ARTICLEIs the Catholic Church Going the Way of the Episcopal Church?
June 2006Neuhaus calls on Benedict to issue a "discernable and decisive response" to the document on homosexuals in the seminaries. There is little likelihood of that.
VIEW ARTICLESmooth as Silk
March 2006Why have we seen so little reference in the mainstream media to the role of homosexual culture played in the clergy sex abuse scandal.
VIEW ARTICLEHomosexuals in the Seminary
February 2006Fr. Thomas Reese, S.J., the former editor of America magazine, said that "with the shortage of priests, the church can hardly afford to dismiss gay seminarians."
VIEW ARTICLEA Case Study in the Theology of Apology
September 2005As for apologies to homosexuals, the saga of San Diego Bishop Robert Brom could be instructive.
VIEW ARTICLECincinnati's West-Side Story
June 2005Elder's reputation was tarnished by the revelation that five priests who formerly taught at the high school were suspended for substantiated allegations of sex abuse.
VIEW ARTICLEProtecting the Lavender Mafia?
April 2005Our diocesan-sponsored training course on sexual abuse misses the mark by diverting attention away from the root cause of the clergy sex abuse scandal.
VIEW ARTICLEKilling the Messenger
March 2005Ever since Haley's testimony in the legal deposition was made public and reported in the media, the bishop went on an offensive to demonize the whistleblower priest.
VIEW ARTICLEClaims of Fraud, Conspiracy & Obstruction of Justice
January 2005A former seminarian's investigation revealed a pattern of deception in the dioceses of Boston, L.A., St. Louis, Minneapolis, Chicago, Manchester, and Portland.
VIEW ARTICLEWhy Won't Our Bishops Solve the "Gay" Priest Problem?
July/August 2004Uh, well... maybe because they're part of the problem
VIEW ARTICLEHow Many of Our Priests Are Leading Secret Lives?
January 2004Some Catholics believe in universal salvation because they refuse to give up their sins.
VIEW ARTICLEThe Face of "Gay" Clericalism
September 2003A gang of 26 priests in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese demand gay-friendly seminarians.
VIEW ARTICLEFrom "Rembert the Reconciler" To "Rembert the Unperson"?
September 2002Archbishop Weakland empties Church coffers for his...uh, young male lover.
VIEW ARTICLE"Gay" Priests Set the Tone
February 2001Fr. Paul Shaughnessy blows the lid off the homosexualist subculture in the priesthood.
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