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The recent Fordham Conference brought to everyone s attention the divergence of young people s lives from church attendance and Catholic beliefs Reading through the comments section of different blogs here suggests many different hypotheses and it is interesting that a common theme is lack of conne

Commenting on the legacy of coverup and abuse emerging out of the mess in Philadelphia The New York Times calls for a suspension of the statue of limitations for sex abuse claims nbsp These are not the first accusations against the Philadelphia Archdiocese A blistering grand-jury report in 2005

Is protesting outside a place of worship an acceptable way to express yourself I ve been considering this question today after reading the news of a group in Chicago marched in front of Holy Name Cathedral over the weekend to make Cardinal Francis George aware that they disapprove of his campaign ag

With all the hoopla over the new but poorly named Confession app it s more accurately described as an examination of conscience app but that sounds much duller to journalists it would be easy to overlook some other fine Catholic apps nbsp Jack McLain a Jesuit priest and self-confessed t

New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan blasted as ludicrous an attorney s claim that his former diocese in Milwaukee moved 130 million to avoid paying sex abuse settlements See more at MSNBC