“Cardinal Pell took a leave of absence from his post at the Secretariat of the Economy to address the court proceedings. A preliminary hearing is now underway in Melbourne to determine whether the abuse charges, which the cardinal has emphatically denied, are credible enough to warrant a trial. A senior prelate at the Vatican told the Register…
“As such, we are to hold the papacy in the highest regard, with loyalty and deference. We are to have an attitude of deference and obedience. But such a loyalty to the office of the pope does not mean that we abandon our intelligence and knowledge of the truth. If we see a pope contradict…
“Like many of you, I feel awkward in this new role of loyal agitator,” Msgr. Pope wrote. “It should not be this way, but it has become necessary in a pontificate of weaponized ambiguity and often stubborn refusal to listen.” “Many are compelled to speak out and express rightful anger,” the priest blogger said, and…
How very sad. It is one thing to have family problems, it is another to have them weaponized. Who benefits from this being exposed? Why now? Maybe Vigano has a good reason to hide from … ? “Archbishop Viganò,” the statement continued, “has nevertheless always suffered such attacks in silence in order to avoid further…
By no means the last diocese, or even close to it. “The archdiocese claims that it needs to file for bankruptcy to cover the cost of sex abuse settlements. Archbishop John Wester said in a statement on Thursday, “I wish to make clear that our first and foremost concern is the victims of sexual abuse and our desire to do…
Selected not elected. And maybe, just maybe, CA is in play. “The ballot-harvesting issue, which gave Democrats an absolute monopoly of power in even Orange County, signals a sort of the bottom dropping out in California. Now that Democrats have discovered they can flip any race based on selective collections of mail-in ballots by Democratic…