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Investigation: Cardinal Wuerl received $2 million in 2020 for ‘ministry activities’

March 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 20

Washington D.C., Mar 4, 2021 / 05:32 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop emeritus of Washington DC who stepped down in 2018 amid scandal, received over $2 million from the archdiocese last year for unspecified […]

Features

Archdiocese of Baltimore offers explanation about names left out of Lori’s report

June 5, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 23

The Archbishop of Baltimore, William Lori, is facing intense scrutiny over his decision to remove the names of several clerics — many of them senior churchmen — from a report he made to the Vatican […]

Analysis

Things just got worse. And they also got better.

May 28, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 17

A while back, a friend of many years wondered aloud, “How bad does it need to get?” My friend was wondering about the crisis of leadership in the Church — a crisis that reaches across […]

Features

What the Bishop Zanchetta case tells us about Church leadership

January 22, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 26

The Vatican has doubled down on its insistence it never received any accusation of sexual abuse against Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta until well after Zanchetta, the former bishop of Orán, Argentina, was ensconced in a position […]

The Dispatch

Wuerl denies prior denials denied knowledge of McCarrick seminarian abuse

January 14, 2019 Catholic News Agency 13

Washington D.C., Jan 14, 2019 / 10:45 am (CNA).- Cardinal Donald Wuerl told Washington, DC priests Saturday that he appropriately handled a 2004 allegation of misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick. The cardinal also said that […]

The Dispatch

Wuerl knew of McCarrick abuse allegations in 2004

January 10, 2019 Catholic News Agency 13

Washington D.C., Jan 10, 2019 / 05:13 pm (CNA).- An allegation of misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was reported to Cardinal Donald Wuerl in 2004, while the cardinal served as Bishop of Pittsburgh. Wuerl forwarded […]

The Dispatch

Obamacare champion Sister Carol Keehan will retire in June

December 21, 2018 Anne Hendershott 30

Hanging up the presidential pen she received for her role in helping to push through President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act in 2010, Sister Carol Keehan will retire on June 30, 2019 from her role […]

Features

Abp Kurtz on his new role in Memphis after Bp Holley’s ouster

October 29, 2018 Jim Graves 15

In a statement on October 24, the Diocese of Memphis, Tennessee announced that the Holy Father had relieved its bishop, Martin Holley, of his duties as ordinary, effective immediately. Holley’s removal followed a June 2018 […]

The Dispatch

Rise and fall of Bishop Holley raises questions about connections to McCarrick

October 24, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 16

The removal of Bishop Martin Holley from the See of Memphis, Tennessee on Wednesday sets in even higher relief the one thing needful: justice must be seen to be done. But Bishop Holley’s removal, at […]

Analysis

Analysis: Justice by papal fiat points to serious lack of trust within the Church

October 15, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 39

The Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Francis has reduced two Chilean bishops to the lay state. One of the defrocked is an 85-year-old man reported now to be suffering senile dementia, Francisco José Cox […]

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