Day: August 20, 2018

Amidst ‘summer from hell for Catholic Church,’ a renewed crisis of faith . . .

. . . and a familiar complaint:

“Everybody’s always lambasting the Catholic Church,” complained Elizabeth Rhodes, a former Fox News producer, as she had lunch with her daughter near the campus of Catholic University of America on Thursday.

“They don’t look at people in sports, the ones who are training kids in soccer. There are plenty of other religious communities, Jewish and others, where there’s sexual exploitation.

Any religion, any time, it’s a tragedy, but I hate this focus (on Catholics).”

I’m glad for it. How else get some change?

Also, focus on the church is a backhanded compliment, a recognition, intended or not, of what the church considers its role in the world, a beacon not just another socio-political gadfly.

via NOLA.com

Bishop of Madison Wisc: “It is time to admit that there is a homosexual subculture within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church”

A man who has decided to live out his term in this heartland diocese:

It is time to admit that there is a homosexual subculture within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church that is wreaking great devastation in the vineyard of the Lord.

Unless Francis finds a way to get him out of there before he’s 75.

via Vox Cantoris

In the abuse situation (as in almost everything Catholic) all roads lead to Rome

This should be clear enough. Rome rules when it wants to.

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The connection between McCarrick and Cdl Farrell goes through Rome, not just the United States. It’s impossible for the US-based network of corruption to exist outside of enablers in Rome. The investigation must include Rome. US bishops should be calling for this.

And most of the time, it wants to.