Progressive Bishop Georg Bätzing Title: New leader of German bishops signals no retreat from progressive line Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Date: 16JUN2020 ROME – In a recent interview, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, the new president of the German bishops’ conference, signaled openness to both married priests and women’s ordination and appeared to
Australian Catholic Bishops’ Secrecy Title: TERRY FEWTRELL Catholic bishops need to give up secrecy and learn to trust Author: P & I guest writer: Terry Fewtrell Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls & Irritations Date: 10JUN2020 Australia’s Catholic bishops seem to have learned little from the sexual abuse scandal and associated cover-ups, writes Terry Fewtrell. Pushed
Nuns Fight Clergy Abuse Title: Nuns kick off new webinar series on fighting sex abuse Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Now Date: 09JUN2020 ROME – Members of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) Monday were the protagonists of the first of a series of webinar sessions focusing on child protection and how safeguarding
Denton Guam Apuron Niland Title: ‘Look what he’s taken from me’: the deadly toll of Catholic church sex abuse on Guam Author: Anita Hofschneider Publisher: The Guardian Date: 30MAY2020 Roosters crow in the distance as Walter Denton gestures toward a white one-storey concrete building behind a church in Agat, a village in southern Guam. “You
Where’s Promised McCarrick Report? Title: 600 Days and Counting: STILL No McCarrick Report Author: Complicit Clergy team Publisher: Complicit Clergy Date: 28MAY2020 Elapsed time since Pope Francis promised to issue report on Theodore McCarrick It has now been over 600 days since Pope Francis originally committed to issuing a formal report on Theodore McCarrick. Over
Saints NFL Catholic CoverUps Title: NFL team’s deep Catholic ties behind role in abuse crisis Author: Jim Mustian, Reese Dunkin, Brett Martel (Associated Press). Publisher: Crux Date: 12FEB2020 NEW ORLEANS – Why would an NFL team, even one called the Saints, strike a behind-the-scenes alliance with the Catholic Church on an issue as emotionally fraught
Orlandi Vatican Trust Deficit Title: Italy’s most notorious unsolved mystery illustrates Vatican’s trust deficit Author: John L. Allen Jr. Publisher: Crux Date: 27MAY2020 ROME – Pietro Orlandi, the older brother of Emanuela Orlandi, whose still-unexplained disappearance at the age of 15 in 1983 has become the country’s most infamous unsolved mystery, is a bit like
Secret Weapon Mass Destruction Title: PETER WILKINSON AND GAIL GROSSMAN FREYNE. Historic Church Governance Report locked down by Australian Bishops Author: John Menadue Publisher: John Menadue—Pearls and Irritations Date: 26MAY2020 On 4 May 2020 the Project Team commissioned by the Australian bishops and religious superiors to review the Catholic Church’s governance and management structures, presented
Saint Clerical Abuse Coverups Title: The miracle John Paul II has yet to accomplish Author: Peter Isely Publisher: National Catholic Reporter NCROnline Date: 29APR2011 COMMENTARY Official history, Camus once observed, is written by those who make history, not those who suffer from it. Almost 20 years ago, A group of some 30 survivors of childhood
Mark White Peter Isely Title: Centenary of JPII’s Birth Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 21MAY2020 On Monday, we marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II. Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the late pope’s tomb. The Holy Father said: John Paul went to find the