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  • [ April 28, 2026 ] Sister Eva Maamo, Philippines’ ‘Healing Nun’ to the poor, dies at 85 News Briefs
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Priest jailed for theft blames Catholic doctrine, also facing sex abuse charges

November 25, 2020 CNA Daily News 2

Denver Newsroom, Nov 25, 2020 / 12:20 pm (CNA).- A South Dakota priest has been sentenced to almost eight years in federal prison, after he was convicted of 65 felonies related to stealing donations from Catholic parishes. Ordered to pay more than $300… […]

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The Smoke of Satan provides clear, concise analysis of the episcopal crisis

November 15, 2018 Gregory J. Sullivan 20

“Through some fissure the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God.” — Pope St. Paul VI in 1972 The sex-abuse crisis, now in its episcopal phase, is certainly the worst crisis the Church […]

Features

The McCarrick Mess

August 9, 2018 Bishop Robert Barron 64

The bishops of the United States—all of us—should petition the Holy Father to form a team, made up mostly of faithful lay Catholics, to empower […]

Features

Bishop Michael Olson: “We can’t merely say we’re sorry and angry”

August 3, 2018 Jim Graves 23

“We need to investigate how this happened,” says the bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. “And, if people knew about McCarrick’s behavior and […]

The Dispatch

A crisis of leadership? Francis’ defenders call for reform on sex abuse

February 7, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 13

For even his staunch supporters, Francis’ moral authority hangs in the balance. […]

The Dispatch

Observers remain “mystified” over Pope’s remarks on clerical sex abuse, and call for bishop accountability

January 26, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 14

The Vatican deemed Bishop Barros’ accusers credible. Why doesn’t the Pope believe them when they say the bishop knew about their abuse? […]

The Dispatch

The wave of sex abuse accusations returns to university campuses

November 16, 2017 Anne Hendershott 3

A Muslim scholar revered by many progressives is one of the latest influential men to be accused of sexual assault. […]

Editorial

Is Cardinal Pell “the quintessential scape-goat”? [Updated]

July 6, 2017 Carl E. Olson 49

I’m not an expert—not even close—on Australian politics or Catholicism Down Under, but over the past few years I’ve carried on correspondence with a number of Catholics in Australia. And these folks, all of them […]

The Dispatch

Restrictions on absolution are not so easily placed

February 9, 2017 Edward N. Peters 0

Clergy, lawyers, and physicians have long been exempt from the duty to report certain crimes known by them to have been committed by certain persons. I do not know what use the Australian Royal Commission charged with […]

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