We are reaping today the harvest of decades when allegations were routinely dismissed to protect the accused’s status. So, if the price today is that allegations see the light of day that perhaps should not, it is recompense for those long years when allegations that should have seen the light of day did not.
Read MoreWhat Singh meant was that his critics are white, hence privileged, while he is not. What else could he have meant? Not that they are powerful
Read MoreBlessed Pino’s feast on the vigil of John Paul’s is a reminder of the message of Veritatis Splendor: namely that baptism makes us capable of following Christ, even to the threshold of martyrdom. Blesseds Pino and Jerzy demonstrate that.
Read MoreSixty-six of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 'calls to action' are either not started or just at the proposed action stage
Read MoreThe Queen of Soul’s funeral proved a last battle ground for the legacy of Martin Luther King.
Read MoreMcCarrick’s double life does not invalidate the value of the reforms the American bishops adopted in 2002, but it does make his betrayal all the more treacherous.
Read MoreKen Woo’s painting departs from the traditional depiction of angels holding the instruments, opting instead just for two angels, with a collection of instruments of the Passion suspended above them. And here we find presentation of the instruments that is familiar and new.
Read MoreIn a post-McCarrick age, when it is possible to resign entirely from the College of Cardinals, the old rules may no longer apply. A new era may be dawning for those bishops living their retirement years.
Read MoreA compendium of columns to help readers understand the newest iteration of the sexual abuse scandals rocking Rome.
Read MoreThe Church is faced with a question of whether, and how, to keep secrets.
Read MoreThere is a reasonable way forward, both in terms of rooting out corruption in the Church and restoring a measure of harmony.
Read MoreIs it plausible that, after receiving such unpublished sanctions, Cardinal McCarrick would simply ignore them? Yes.
Read MoreSomething new could have been something better. It is very unlikely that it would have been worse. And it is a shame that the new government has chosen to use only the old ways.
Read MoreWhere might there be resources to restore unity? The obvious answer is the perhaps the only one – in a closer adherence to Christ Jesus, who did not hesitate to call Himself the Good Shepherd.
Read MoreDiversity separated from unity is generally not a good thing. Diversity is strength, but on the football field and in our common life, it is unity that is stronger still, and that provides the context in which diversity can be welcomed and can thrive.
Read MoreAlthough intemperate, what Viganò offers cannot be dismissed. The accusations are too grave, and the source is sufficiently credible to warrant investigation.
Read MoreBuckley-Vidal was memorable not because two men of superior intellect debated the salient issues of the day, but because of how they debated, putting personal attacks into their punditry.
Read MoreRepentance is grace; it is a grace that we recognise our sin; it is a grace that we realise the need for renewal, for change, for the transformation of our being.
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