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The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool

The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool Title: The Cruel Massachusetts Cesspool Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 18JUL2020 [A long and complicated story, dear reader. And painful. But true. And important.] In volume III of her historical study Rite of Sodomy, Randy Engel describes how she began an extended personal correspondence with an inmate

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Opinion

‘Pray for Your Poor Uncle,’ a Predatory Priest Told His Victims

Pray For Uncle Ted Title: ‘Pray for Your Poor Uncle,’ a Predatory Priest Told His Victims Author: Elizabeth Bruenig Publisher: NYTimes Date: 15JUL2020 As former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick became a powerful figure in the church, several boys from one family say he targeted them Rain fell in New York City four days before Christmas of

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France: Disgraced archbishop gives last mass

Cardinal Barbarin Last Mass Title: France: Disgraced archbishop gives last mass Author: Cindi Cook Publisher: Anadolu Agency AA Date: 29JUN2020 Lyon’s Cardinal Barbarin offers his last service to the faithful who cared to attend mass on Sunday morning PARIS  Lyon Archbishop Cardinal Philippe Barbarin said his last mass at Saint Jean Cathedral on Sunday morning

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Opinion

Editorial: For the good of the Church, release the McCarrick report

OSV Release McCarrick Report Title: Editorial: For the good of the Church, release the McCarrick report Authors: Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board: Gretchen R. Crowe, Scott P. Richert, Scott Warden, York Young Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor Date: 23JUN2020 That June 20 came and went quietly effectively communicates the current status of the Vatican’s long-anticipated report on

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Pell-mell and reform paths in Catholic media

Menadue Pell Plenary Council Title: Pell-mell and reform paths in Catholic media Author: Peter Donnan Publisher: John Menadue Pearls and Irritations blog Date: 04MAY2020 What type of underlying values were revealed by the Australian media, particularly Catholic media, in their reporting of Cardinal Pell’s successful appeal to the High Court? Clearly the case was polarising

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George Pell

Royal commission findings about Cardinal George Pell could be made public. Here’s what we know

ABCNews Sarah Farnsworth Pell Title: Royal commission findings about Cardinal George Pell could be made public. Here’s what we know Author: Sarah Farnsworth Publisher: ABC News Date: 30APR2020 For years, questions have been asked about what Cardinal George Pell might have known about clerical abuse during his long career within the Catholic Church. Giving evidence

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George Pell

Cardinal Pell: A decision with little certainty

Title: Cardinal Pell: A decision with little certainty Author: Gail Grossman Freyne Publisher: NCROnline Date: 27APR2020 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — George Pell is a cardinal in the Catholic Church. And that is where the problem lies. It lies as well in the institution. The two are inextricably intertwined so that the fate of one informs the

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