Tag: Catholic Church

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Opinion

Confessions of a Vatican source: Jason Berry on the McCarrick report

Jason Berry McCarrick Report Title: Confessions of a Vatican source: Jason Berry on the McCarrick report Author: Jason Berry Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCR) Date: 25NOV2020 When Pope John Paul II made Theodore McCarrick a cardinal in 2001, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., was a silk-between-the-fingers fundraiser. A year later, when the pope summoned the

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Podcast

Podcast: Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz responds to the McCarrick Report

Survivor Juan Carlos Cruz Title:  Podcast: Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz responds to the McCarrick Report Podcast Host:  Colleen Dulle Guest:  Juan Carlos Cruz Publisher:  America Magazine (America Media) Date: 23NOV2020 Juan Carlos Cruz is an abuse survivor and advocate who has the pope’s ear when it comes to clerical sexual abuse. In 2018, when

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News

Two secular lawsuits raise deeply ecclesiastical conundra

Secular Lawsuits Ecclesiastical Conundra Title: Two secular lawsuits raise deeply ecclesiastical conundra Author: John L. Allen Jr. Publisher: Crux Date: 22Nov2020 Rome – Within the last few days, two completely separate lawsuits have been filed in two different countries that somehow involve the Vatican. In the United States, four alleged sex abuse victims of ex-cardinal

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Blog

Regnum-Christi Memory Turned Painful

Rev White McCarrick Report Title: Regnum-Christi Memory Turned Painful Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 20NOV2020 I have had a little crucifix for over twenty years. Every morning when I first wake up, I kiss it and say, “Christ our King, Your Kingdom come.” Same thing when I lay down to

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News

Decades before the Vatican’s McCarrick report, there was a mother on a secret mission

Mother’s Secret McCarrick Mission Title: Decades before the Vatican’s McCarrick report, there was a mother on a secret mission Author: Michelle Boorstein Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 20NOV2020 Decades before there was a “bombshell Vatican report” about ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, before there was the 2020 fall meeting of U.S. bishops discussing whether the best reaction

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Alleging sex abuse, 4 sue Vatican over handling of McCarrick

Lawsuit Vatican Theodore McCarrick Title: Alleging sex abuse, 4 sue Vatican over handling of McCarrick Author: David Porter Publisher: Crux Date: 19NOV2020 NEW YORK — Four accusers of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick have filed a lawsuit against the Vatican, arguing it should be held liable for allowing the now-disgraced cleric to serve in multiple positions

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News

NJ priest is among four McCarrick victims seeking information from Vatican in federal suit

NJ Priest McCarrick Vatican Title: NJ priest is among four McCarrick victims seeking information from Vatican in federal suit Author: Abbott Koloff Publisher: NorthJersey.Com Date: 19NOV2020 Four people who say they were abused by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick — including a working priest — filed a federal lawsuit against the Vatican Thursday seeking documents related to

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Podcast

Podcast: The McCarrick report set a precedent. Other survivors want their reports published, too.

Vatican McCarrick Report Precedent Title:  Podcast: The McCarrick report set a precedent. Other survivors want their reports published, too. Podcast Producer & Host: Colleen Dulle Co-Host:  Gerard O’Connell Publisher:  America Magazine Date: 18NOV2020 Last week, the Vatican released its report on how former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was able to rise through the ranks of the church hierarchy

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Opinion

Please press ‘mute’ to the US bishops

McCarrick Report Mute Bishops Title: Please press ‘mute’ to the US bishops Author: Michael Sean Winters Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCR Online) Date: 17NOV2020 The first day of the plenary meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was disappointing in virtually every regard. Indeed, the only good idea to come from this virtual

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