Tag: U.S. bishops.

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Opinion

Can organized religion hold onto its members?

Catholic Opinion Frances Coleman Title: Can organized religion hold onto its members? Author: Frances Coleman Publisher: Advance Local Media Date: 30APR2021 Consider this headline from a few weeks ago: “U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time.” Here in the Bible Belt, the headline may be hard to believe, but allow me to present

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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

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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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Vatican

Report on the Holy See’s Institutional Knowledge and Decision-Making Related to Former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930-2017)

Theodore McCarrick Vatican Report Title: Report on the Holy See’s Institutional Knowledge and Decision-Making Related to Former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930-2017) Prepared by: Secretariat of State of the Holy See Publisher: Vatican News Date:  10NOV2020 After more than 2 years, you will find a link here. Link to McCarrick Report: http://www.vatican.va/resources/resources_rapporto-card-mccarrick_20201110_en.pdf?fbclid=IwAR23D6geNaUGQCMLLQ38RBjTy742HvhBlKyNg-dR1L1xp3Z1qDGC1namKzM

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
News

N.J. bishops’ letters helped pave McCarrick’s path to power

Bishop Edward Hughes McCarrick Title: N.J. bishops’ letters helped pave McCarrick’s path to power Author: Barb Fraze Publisher: Catholic Philly Date: 12NOV2020 WASHINGTON (CNS) — When the papal nuncio to the United States was asked to investigate rumors about Theodore E. McCarrick’s sexual activities, he consulted the bishops who had lived in close contact with,

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News

Vatican announces McCarrick Report will be published on Nov. 10

McCarrick Report Nov 10 Title: Vatican announces McCarrick Report will be published on Nov. 10 Author: Rhina Guidos (Catholic News Service) Publisher: America Magazine (America Media) Date: 06NOV2020 WASHINGTON (CNS) — Vatican officials announced Nov. 6 that the Holy See will release Nov. 10 a long-awaited report on the investigation about the ascent to power

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News

‘McCarrick Report’ could be ‘black-eye’ for Church, Cardinal Dolan says

Catholic Church Black Eye Title: ‘McCarrick Report’ could be ‘black-eye’ for Church, Cardinal Dolan says Author: CNA Staff Publisher: Catholic News Agency (CNA) Date: 05NOV2020 The Archbishop of New York said Thursday that a long-awaited Vatican report on the career of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick could be a “black eye” for the Church. The report

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Opinion

Eradicating the McCarrick Virus

Eradicating the McCarrick Virus Title: Eradicating the McCarrick Virus Author: The Editors Publisher: National Catholic Register Date: 24JUL2020 EDITORIAL: Two years after the former cardinal’s sexual predilections were revealed, the Vatican still hasn’t released its report. It has now been two years since Pope Francis accepted Theodore McCarrick’s resignation from the College of Cardinals, shortly after

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