Brian Fraga writes from Massachusetts.
The scandal-plagued Catholic Church in Pennsylvania is under investigation again, this time by the federal government. In mid-October, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued subpoenas to all eight Roman Catholic dioceses and the two Eastern Catholic archeparchies in
The Orthodox world is reeling from the Russian Orthodox Church’s decision in mid-October to split from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople over its steps in recent weeks to recognize an independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine. The move breaks sacramental union between
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C., on Friday, Oct. 12. The 77-year-old embattled traveled to Rome in September to ask Pope Francis to accept the resignation letter that he submitted almost three years ago
A few key themes emerged in early October as the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment entered its second week in Vatican City. Listening to young people, taking their concerns seriously and accompanying them on their journeys
In a controversial diplomatic accord with likely ramifications for Catholics in China’s underground Church, the Holy See and the Chinese Communist government have agreed to work together on appointing bishops. The provisional agreement, which the Vatican signed on Sept. 22, gives Church
Mother Catherine Kasper may have died 120 years ago, but her spirit is still very much present with the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. “She’s very close to the Sisters. Though she is in heaven, we can always turn to her there,”
As attested to in the Scriptures, prophets do not arrive very often. Not too many people outside ecclesial circles can name Blessed Archbishop Oscar Romero’s predecessors in El Salvador. Just as few probably know any of the archbishops who succeeded Blessed Romero
The already roiled landscape of the Catholic Church’s institutional response to clergy sexual abuse through the years ratcheted up again late Aug. 25 when, in a scathing 11-page written statement, the Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States accuses Pope Francis of
Anyone who has ever entered an address into MapQuest or studied a Google Map overlayed with the locations of tourist attractions has used geospatial technology. “It’s literally everywhere now,” said Richard McCluskey, the chairman of the geography department at Aquinas College, a
When students at Roman Catholic High School learn about American history, they may as well be taking a course on their own school’s heritage. Civil War veterans built Roman Catholic High School, which was the first diocesan Catholic high school in the