File under: It’s gettin’ nasty! The secret internal power struggle is beginning to seep into the public domain. There is no way that Gomez would attack Mahony without the explicit authorization of B-16. The pope is throwing Mahony under the
Bishop snared in abuse scandal criticizes Catholic newspaper
Sour grapes, Bishop Finn? Retaliating against the NCR because they had the temerity to suggest that you step side because of your involvement in the clergy sex abuse scandal? Have you no shame?
By Matt Pearce
Bishop Robert W. Finn
Catholicism’s Curse
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
Priest Is Planning to Defy the Vatican’s Orders to Stay Quiet
By DOUGLAS DALBY
A well-known Irish Catholic priest plans to defy Vatican authorities on Sunday by breaking his silence about what he says is a campaign against him by the church over his advocacy of more open discussion on church
Breaking God: Former Roman Catholic priest busted for selling meth to feds
A former Roman Catholic priest is among five people who have been indicted by a federal grand jury in an alleged drug operation involving shipments of methamphetamine to Connecticut from California.
Federal prosecutors said Kevin Wallin, 61, former pastor at
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
Bourgeois receives official Vatican letter dismissing him from priesthood
By Joshua J. McElwee
Roy Bourgeois, the longtime peace activist and Catholic priest dismissed by the Vatican because of his support for women’s ordination, has received the official letter notifying him of the move three months after it was made.
Tied up at the moment
File Under “Whoops!” I wonder if police also checked his rectum for any, um…foreign objects he might’ve “tripped and fallen” on?
By Bruce Rushton
The pastor of St. Aloysius church on Springfield’s north end has been granted a leave … Continue reading