THE FOLLY OF SAINTHOOD FOR JOHN PAUL II
The planned beatification of the late Pope John Paul II is a clear sign that the Catholic Church wishes to ignore the gravity of sex-abuse scandals while it paves the way to sainthood for the man who...
View ArticleTHE VATICAN’S NEW HABIT: ATTACKING NUNS
The pope and his men in the Vatican never fail to surprise me. I often marvel at their obsession with what goes on in other peoples’ bedrooms — and at the extraordinary amount of effort they devote to...
View ArticleFIGHTING ‘MONSTERS IN CLERICAL GARB’
Monsignor William Lynn is going to prison, which is exactly where he belongs. The former head of personnel for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia was sentenced earlier this month to spend at least three...
View ArticlePRAYERS ARE NOT ENOUGH
The late Monsignor Peter Garcia was a criminal. Recently released documents have revealed that church officials believed that the Roman Catholic priest had sexually abused about 20 boys and teenagers...
View ArticleTHE DEAFENING SILENCE OF POPE BENEDICT XVI
History will remember Pope Benedict XVI for being the first pontiff since the Middle Ages to abdicate the papacy and for protecting pedophile priests from prosecution. Little else that he has done...
View ArticleGREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NEXT POPE
The Catholic cardinals gathered in Rome will soon select the next pontiff, but they should not look to Pope Benedict XVI as an example of leadership and morality. As I wrote recently, Benedict will be...
View ArticleMIRACLES, MONSTERS AND THE POPE
I don’t believe in miracles I’ve always thought that they only take place in religious people’s imaginations. But my views aren’t important here: What matters is that Floribeth Mora believes in...
View ArticleTHE IMPERFECT POPE
Whenever I read about Pope Francis, I get the sense that, unlike his holy predecessors, he doesn’t think of himself as the defender of The Truth. He doesn’t buy into the notion of papal righteousness,...
View ArticleKeep the Pope, Lose the Dogma
Pope Francis must be one of the most loved people on the planet: He invites children to join him onstage, delighting audiences; he lovingly embraces and blesses the infirm; he has a massive and loyal...
View ArticleSAINT ACCOMPLICE
The recent canonization of Pope John Paul II was an insult to the countless people who have been sexually abused by Catholic priests. During his papacy, from 1978-2005, this newly anointed “saint”...
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