The Theodore McCarrick scandal underscores the Church’s need for greater lay involvement

McCarrick Scandal Underscores Church’s Need for Greater Lay Involvement

COMMENTARY: The laity’s role isn’t about changing doctrine — it’s about promoting holiness and confronting corruption, especially in matters of abuse and financial oversight. The April 3 death of Theodore McCarrick marks the end of a particularly sad …

Survivors network files complaints with Vatican about Tobin, 6 other Cardinals

Those who have survived sexual abuse by priests are filing formal complaints with the Vatican about several US cardinals — Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark and six others. Sarah Pearson is with SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, which …

Figs and dates, the news, and Msgr. Burrill

Hey everybody, Blessed Holy Week. Today is called in some Christian traditions “Fig Tuesday,” because it recalls that after Palm Sunday, when he was hungry, Jesus cursed a figless fig tree, withered it down to the roots, and then talked with St. Pater and …

Dear Netflix, Don’t Ruin Narnia

At this point, Greta Gerwig is widely recognized as a rising star in the film industry — not as an actress, but as a screenwriter and director. Responsible for films like Lady Bird, Little Women (2019), and Barbie, she’s clearly aiming to write her name in …

Who will succeed Cardinal Dolan — and when?

After a standstill during the long illness of Pope Francis this Lent, metropolitan episcopal appointments in the U.S. have begun to pick up again, with new archbishops being appointed in Omaha and Kansas City in the last two weeks. Cardinal Timothy Dolan …

Don Follis | No pastor or priest is ever exempt from temptation

Last week in Missouri, Theodore E. McCarrick died at age 94. He was the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., and the highest American prelate of the Catholic Church to be accused of sexually abusing minors and seminarians. When Cardinal McCarrick’s abuse …