For many Catholics, this new wave of reports of widespread clergy abuse felt like opening up a wound that hadn’t fully healed.
In mid-July, on the sixth anniversary of his pastoral visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa — one of the main entry points to Europe for refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa — Pope Francis said in his homily
We must strengthen our relationship with Christ, not just for our own sake, but for the sake of those to whom we are called to reveal him.
It is not discriminatory to ask those who willingly take on the task of forming young disciples to live in accordance with the Church.
The present focus on these issues, as important as they are, can lead to a myopia that misses much of the progress that has been made since 2002.
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide are a defeat for all. We are called never to abandon those who are suffering.’
We should look at the latest revelation about McCarrick as an opportunity to move forward, rather than treat it as grounds for continuing our fraternal infighting.
In numerous editorials over the last year, this editorial board has warned, in the wake of the latest round of revelations regarding clergy sexual abuse, that clericalism, both real and perceived, is leading people away from the Church. Any lasting solution to
What comes through clearly from this group of soon-to-be priests is a passion and fortitude that reminds us that Jesus Christ is the way.
Much of the reporting surrounding Pope Francis’ motu proprio, titled Vos estis lux mundi (“You are the light of the world”), has presented it as the final response to nearly a year of horrifying revelations concerning clerical sexual abuse in the Catholic