Several months ago, we had a discussion on the blog about a case in the Diocese of Rockford involving a priest, 2 female teenage accusers, and the Diocesan refusal to turn over the priest’s files to the law. At that point the priest had plead not guilty to charges. Well, yesterday, he changed his tune…

Very strong pastoral letter from Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs. The strongest yet, of all we’ve seen, although certainly with certain problematic implications of its own, as readers are quickly pointing out. It’s a pdf file There must be no confusion in these matters. Any Catholic politicians who advocate for abortion, for illicit stem…

Because three of you have sent it to me in the last hour: Peter King blasts Vatican “hypocricy.” Catholic lawmaker Peter King ripped Church leaders as hypocrites Thursday for the Vatican’s foreign minister claim that the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal is worse for America than the Sept. 11 attacks. “If there’s anyone in the world…

…as the correspondent who sent this along puts it. Ellen Goodman corrects herself on pre-Roe maternal abortion deaths. I bring this up because of a recent column I wrote on the March for Women’s Lives. I referred to the bad old days when 10,000 women a year died of illegal abortions. Ka-boom. The number —…

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