Agnostic Australian columnist on Pell: “It’s our own OJ Simpson case, in reverse — a man found guilty not on facts but on prejudice...”...

In Australia, another scandal first — a cardinal behind bars, and out of the Vatican...



At least to some degree, the church's reckoning with sexual abuse by clergy has now stretched across 35 years. Yet even for all its tumult, the long journey has never seen anything like these last ten days. First came the unprecedented dismissal of a onetime cardinal – a serial predator – from the priesthood, then a Pope's first-ever summons of global leadership to tackle the issue...

Welcome home, Bishop Borys Gudziak...

Early on, Church were convinced of McCarrick’s guilt. With Pell, they still aren’t...



Like virtually everyone in Catholic circles, the Vatican has known since December about Cardinal George Pell’s conviction in his native Australia for alleged sexual offenses against two minor boys in 1996. As a result, Rome was not at all caught off guard when news of the conviction made the rounds Tuesday, after a gag order was lifted...

Cardinal Brandmüller: Silence on homosexuality in the Church cries out to be broken...



On the eve of the Vatican meeting on child protection in the Church, Cardinal Walter Brandmüller and Cardinal Raymond Burke sent an open letter to the bishops attending the meeting to end their silence on moral corruption in the Church and return to upholding the divine and natural law. The two cardinals, who also signed the 2016 dubia seeking clarification from Pope Francis on his moral teaching...

“Synodality” and the Rome abuse summit...

How a simple novena to St. Joseph changed this convert’s life forever...



As a Baptist, I didn’t think too much about St. Joseph. In the first place, the Scriptures said very little about him, recording nothing of his actual words, and since as a good Protestant I believed that Scripture alone was the sole infallible rule of faith, that must mean that St. Joseph wasn’t too important. Boy was I wrong...

As plagiarism scandal unfolds, Fr. Thomas Rosica resigns from college board position; Jesuits withdraw Magis Award ...

Here’s a candid reckoning of the last few days in Rome...



Great winds – the venti russi (“Russian Winds”) – blew through Rome the last day of the summit on the protection of minors. They knocked down branches and toppled trees, killing several people. Many Catholics around the world – to judge from my correspondents – were also hoping that some great winds or flaming fire from the Holy Spirit would sweep through the Vatican and...

Jason Jones recalls how Fr. Thomas Rosica almost wrecked the release of “Bella”...



You might remember the wonderful movie Bella. It was the first, and is still the most significant, widely successful pro-life movie. Stream writer Jason Jones was its executive producer. He has heard from more than a thousand women who saw the film during an unplanned pregnancy, who said that it helped them to choose life. It paved the way for dozens more pro-life films...

Watch: At Vatican press conference, Inés San Martin asks a tough question about Bishop Zanchetta ...

A woman’s place is in the home. So is a man’s...

The pro-abortion push is boosting the pro-life cause, Marist Poll finds...



A Marist Poll released Monday, Feb. 25, shows a dramatic shift in Americans' attitudes toward abortion within the last month, with 47 percent of respondents now self-identifying as “pro-life.” The most dramatic change has been among Democrats, who moved from 20 percent pro-life in January, to 34 percent in the most recent study...

Did Noah really live to be 950 years old?

Chosen by Mary: New short film tells Benedictine’s story...

Hummus, iced coffee, and Christian charity...

The Vatican abuse meeting: Passing the McCarrick Test...



