A frank commentary by Frederico Lombardi S J the Vatican press officer on sexual abuse The debate concerning sexual abuse and not only that committed by the clergy continues with news items and comments of various kinds How can we sail through these stormy waters while maintaining a secure co

This is a fine article by Timothy Radcliffe O P the former master general nbsp of the Dominicans on why one remains Catholic in difficult terrible times nbsp Why stay I must lay my cards on the table even if the Church were obviously worse than other Churches I still would not go I am not

GetReligion has an interesting post on how the media handled one aspect of the abuse crisis engulfing the church nbsp nbsp The story and their analysis is complicated but worth reading nbsp Here we go For Catholics and non-Catholics alike it rsquo s difficult to read the stories attempting t

This year the religious symbolism of Easter could not be more resonant for the Catholic Church Each day from Good Friday to Easter Sunday offers the Church a profound spiritual message as it confronts the horrific effects of the crimes of clerical sexual abuse which have convulsed the church fir

Yes you read that right nbsp America has nbsp published--posted--its first article ever in Spanish nbsp Yes a bit late given the predominance of Spanish-speaking Catholics in this country but better late than jam aacute s nbsp The story A few months ago I was invited to speak at this year

More so than in 2002 when the clerical sex abuse crisis exploded into American newspapers church leaders and prominent Catholics have accused the media of unjustly targeting the church specifically the pope nbsp The reporting on the issue is they say inaccurate unfair and motivated by anti-C

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Rob Weinert-Kendt one of our theater critics and who writes the zippy blog The Wicked Stage looks at three dramas that had limited runs this season-- Time Stands Still A View from nbsp the Bridge and The Miracle Worker --and wonders whether the presence of so many movie stars Liev Schreiber

Cardinal William Levada the prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith has responded to articles criticizing Pope Benedict XVI Ithen Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger for his handling of the case of an abusive priest in Milwaukee particularly as detailed in The New York Times last week in

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I nbsp find myself more and more depressed by the news about the church including the increasing tendency to blame the media for the church s problems as if without The Boston Globe nbsp the Catholic church