Your thoughts: NCR readers respond to the news of baptisms performed by a Phoenix pastor being declared invalid because the priest said "We baptize" instead of "I baptize."
Across the country, priests have used their homilies, bulletins and parish social media to promote Archbishop Viganò, who has been heralded by many right-wing Catholics as leading the resistance to Francis' papacy.
Distinctly Catholic: Former nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is back in the news trafficking in yet more incredible theories about popes withholding the third secret of Fatima, as well as their failure to consecrate Russia properly to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Canon law about priestly status was cited for the removal of former priest Kevin McGloin and inactive priest John Konicek as members of the staff of St. Patrick Catholic Community in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Preservation of the family, marriage and the unborn were the main themes of the annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Washington April 23.
Distinctly Catholic: In two weeks, the U.S. bishops gather in Baltimore. They must confront their own accountability amid the sex abuse crisis, and their loyalty to Pope Francis. Are the bishops up to it?
U.S. cardinals issued separate statements pointedly rejecting allegations made by Archbishop Vigano. Some bishops, however, backed him as "a man of truthfulness, faith and integrity."
