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The McCarrick Report

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Hard lessons of the McCarrick Affair

April 5, 2025 George Weigel 51

Editor’s note: This essay was published originally on November 18, 2020, and is reposted in response to the news that McCarrick died recently at the age of 94. From the day it was announced that […]

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On the Limits and Failures of Saints

January 2, 2021 Fr. Matthew MacDonald 34

The life and papacy of Saint John Paul II have had an immense impact on the Church after the Second Vatican Council and beyond. One only has to look at his contributions and personal witness […]

The Dispatch

St. John Paul II: 1,700 professors respond to ‘wave of accusations’ against Polish pope

December 12, 2020 Catholic News Agency 23

CNA Staff, Dec 12, 2020 / 01:15 am (CNA).- Hundreds of professors have signed an appeal defending St. John Paul II following criticism of the Polish pope in the wake of the McCarrick Report. The […]

Analysis

The McCarrick Report: Four villains, one saint, and many unanswered questions

November 19, 2020 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 30

Unconfirmed stories a couple of months ago indicated that the long-awaited “McCarrick Report” ran to 600 pages; as it turns out, the final count of the English text is 449. Some very thoughtful Vatican person […]

The Dispatch

The McCarrick Report and the choosing of bishops

November 19, 2020 Russell Shaw 10

The Vatican document tracing the rise of ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick through the hierarchy’s ranks has been praised for its unprecedented transparency in shedding light on a dark episode in the life of the Church. But […]

The Dispatch

In interview with Raymond Arroyo, Viganò denies accusations from McCarrick Report

November 12, 2020 Catholic News Agency 33

CNA Staff, Nov 12, 2020 / 09:15 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who served as apostolic nuncio to the United States from 2011 to 2016, has denied claims in the Vatican’s McCarrick Report which […]

Analysis

The McCarrick Report: No Smoking Gun, but Massive System Failure

November 10, 2020 George Weigel 48

The long awaited McCarrick Report – or to give it its full, gloriously bureaucratic title, the Report of the Holy See’s Institutional Knowledge and Decision-Making Related to Former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930 – 2017) […]

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