Benedict XVI

Amateur hour at the bishops' conference

Nov 15, 2018

Distinctly Catholic: I think this is the question the pope wants them to ask: Whence your credibility as a bishop? While there will always be some ministers who are clueless, how could a culture form that such patterns of evil behavior covering up the crimes of the perpetrators were so widespread?

Column | Distinctly Catholic

Links for 11/6/18

by Michael Sean Winters

Nov 6, 2018

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: NCR to host a briefing for reporters ahead of bishops' meeting; what ballot measure are up for vote; how abortion plays a role in the attitude of voters

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò speaks at a dinner honoring then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, at right, in May 2012. (CNS/PMS/Michael Rogel)

Column | Distinctly Catholic

Viganò's third screed unintentionally reveals his true motives

by Michael Sean Winters

Oct 26, 2018

Distinctly Catholic: He spoke not because his concern for victims of clergy sex abuse at long last got the better of him. He spoke because he didn't like Pope Francis' approach to theology.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò in Washington, D.C., in 2016 (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Viganò: Vatican rebuke proved truth of McCarrick cover-up

by Joshua J. McElwee

Oct 19, 2018

In new "testimony," Viganò asserts again that he informed Pope Francis about allegations against McCarrick in 2013, and calls homosexuality "the principle cause" of the clergy abuse crisis.

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Amateur hour at the bishops' conference

Links for 11/6/18

Viganò's third screed unintentionally reveals his true motives

Viganò: Vatican rebuke proved truth of McCarrick cover-up

Lawsuit against Vatican seeks names of over 3,400 abuse perpetrators

Poll: Pope's favorability numbers down, and worse for handling of abuse

Four challenges for the bishops at synod on young people

Former nuncio claims Vatican official has evidence of cover-up

Vatican must keep up its clear, inspiring leadership in climate crisis

In letters to German cardinal, retired pope defends way he stepped down

Links for 9/20/18

For real change, we must get at four roots deeper than church structures

Could reform of the church mean schism?

Tim Busch, Napa Institute tout 'Authentic Reform' at upcoming event

Church did not foresee crimes by bishops, says canon law professor

Catholic donor denies he consulted on Viganò allegations against Pope Francis

Links for 9/6/18

The fortunes of papal power: Two centuries that led us to Francis

Links for 9/4/18

Viganò's latest statement part of concerted campaign to attack papacy

Viganò's letter reveals church's internal power struggle

Links for 8/29/18

US cardinals reject Vatican diplomat's claims of widespread cover-up of abuse

U.S. church's response to sex abuse shows progress, but questions remain

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