The Life of a Priest
by Eric BaneckerOther than, of course, preparing the homily well or celebrating reverently, a priest must also learn to offer oneself, to place oneself upon the altar along with the bread and wine. Continue Reading »
Regime Change, American Style
by Christopher CaldwellThe Watergate scandal began in 1972 with a burglary of the Democratic Party’s headquarters and ended with the resignation of Richard Nixon two years later. Almost as soon as Nixon had left Washington, the politicians, lawyers, and journalists who had rallied to oust him began recording for . . . . Continue Reading »
Hard Lessons of the McCarrick Affair
by George WeigelMcCarrick’s deceptions operated within a cultural matrix that enabled him to avoid the consequences of his depredations for decades. Continue Reading »
After the McCarrick Report
by Eric Banecker and Bryan KernsIt is for us, in 2020, to begin to tell the truth to everyone, and about everything: the sex, the money, the lies, the cover-ups—from the narthex of the sleepiest parish to the halls of the Apostolic Palace. Continue Reading »
Theodore McCarrick, Not John Paul II, Is the Story of the McCarrick Report
by George WeigelTheodore McCarrick was not only a sexual predator; he was an accomplished, pathological liar. Continue Reading »
The Battered Priesthood
by Thomas G. GuarinoThe archbishop of New Orleans is seeking to laicize all clergy who have been removed from ministry because of credible accusations of sex abuse. Continue Reading »
Scandal in South Carolina
by Christopher TollefsenOver and over again our bishops' failures of judgment have been ignored as “private” issues. Continue Reading »
Shame Storm
by Helen AndrewsAfter a lifetime of impeccably correct opinions, Ian Buruma found himself on the wrong side of the liberal consensus in September 2018, when he was forced to resign as editor of the New York Review of Books for having commissioned a piece called “Reflections from a Hashtag” from the . . . . Continue Reading »
Bishops Unbound
by Bronwen McSheaIn Before Church and State, Andrew Willard Jones describes a time when Christendom’s lay rulers were leaders in building the City of God. They “wielded the secular, temporal sword . . . bestowed on the Christian people by Christ himself.” In the medieval era, before sharp categorical . . . . Continue Reading »
The Problem of Sexually Active Priests
by Rev. Thomas V. BergOne fact that has been overlooked for too long is the connection between priests who abuse minors and priests who are sexually active with adults. Continue Reading »
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