A must read!
By FRANK BRUNI
But while I have nothing against priests, I have quite a lot against an institution that has done a disservice to 
them and to the parishioners in whose interests they should toil. I refer
German Catholics vent their dissatisfaction with the Church
A study on Germany’s Catholic community reveals the discontent of faithful with the ecclesiastical institution. But proposals for solutions are lacking
By ALESSANDRO ALVIANI
The Pope’s ecclesiastical policies are “backward-looking” and suspected of trying to take the Church back to
Police: Friar accused of abusing students in 2 states kills himself at Pa. monastery
A Franciscan friar accused of sexually abusing students at Catholic high schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania killed himself at a western Pennsylvania monastery, police said Saturday.
Brother Stephen Baker, 62, was found dead of a self-inflicted knife wound at the
James Carroll’s An American Requiem: “The Repressive, Deceit-Ridden Culture of Celibate Clericalism”
I want to direct your attention to a fascinating blog post and discussion over at Bilgrimage. Our host over there, William D. Lindsey, treats us to some very interesting American Catholic history. The comment section has a little contribution
Church Official in Philadelphia Gets Prison in Abuse Case
By JON HURDLE and ERIK ECKHOLM
Msgr. William J. Lynn, the first Roman Catholic Church official in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests under his supervision, was sentenced Tuesday to three to six
Lawyer who foretold church scandals writes his story
By Angus MacSwan
Ray Mouton was a successful young lawyer in Lafayette, Louisiana, respected in the community and blessed with a loving family, when he received a call from a vicar in the Roman Catholic diocese for a lunch meeting
UnHoly Communion
Some months ago a fellow contacted out of the blue and identified himself as Hank Estrada. Apparently he found me through the Gay Catholic Priests Facebook page. Hank went on to introduce himself and tell me about his latest book,
50 Reasons to Boycott the Catholic Church
The Church uses its resources to oppose social progress and positive change all over the world.
By Adam Lee
Last month in Ireland, Savita Halappanavar died, and she shouldn’t have. Savita was a 31-year-old married woman, four months pregnant, who
Vilification of abusers won’t contribute to solution
Review by — John C. Seitz
If we want to understand sexual violence, we have to get to know its perpetrators and the worlds in which they were formed. In the particular context in which Marie Keenan is interested —
The Vatican Implosion
Robert C. Mickens, Vatican correspondent and columnist for “The Tablet,” speaks about The Vatican’s implosion and what it means for Catholics.