A parish in the Greensburg, PA, diocese lost a court fight to stay open. The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals refused their second appeal and all they have left is the Supreme Court, which is very unlikely to take it. What it says is that the courts... [Continue Reading]
Did you know that our national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” has four stanzas? Neither did I. We went to the Portland Sea Dogs baseball game last night at Hadlock Field. (They’re the AA affiliate of the Red Sox.) It was a... [Continue Reading]
Remember that Catholic parish in Salem I was mentioning the other day? The one with the foot-stompin’ hootenany children’s Mass? In their fight against their closing order, some Boston-area parishes are turning to Voice of the Faithful... [Continue Reading]
It’s a hoary old cliche that NASCAR is full of rednecks and bigots. Oh sure, there’s a few in there, but then you’ll find racists in any sport. Nevertheless, you’d think that NASCAR would want to distance itself from racists... [Continue Reading]
Gay activists in Massachusetts want to have it both ways (no pun intended, really). Now that they have gay marriage, they want to keep domestic partnership benefits too. Employers are saying they’re not going to continue shelling out cash if... [Continue Reading]
Canonist Ed Peters weighs in with his opinion of the heresy suit against Kerry. Basically he says that the ability of one layman to sue another was not carried along from the 1917 Code of Canon Law to the 1983 Code, and although that doesn’t... [Continue Reading]
Without diminishing the seriousness of the clergy sex-abuse scandal, I have to ask where is the outrage over a new report that says 1 in 10 children have been the victim of sexual misconduct in public schools? That’s 4.5 million current... [Continue Reading]
A former head of the Salesians in Australia said a convicted child abuser was not sent to Samoa to avoid further charges. Fr. John Murphy claims that sending Fr. Frank Klep to Samoa was “not an attempt to hide him” from police who were... [Continue Reading]
A priest of the Diocese of Scranton, Penn., was found to be in ministry at a parish in the Fort Worth diocese even though he had been suspended in Scranton following credible allegations and questions are being asked about how this could happen... [Continue Reading]
Prosecutors in the Paul Shanley case may drop the lead accuser. Greg Ford has been the primary face of Shanley’s alleged victims, but now the papers are saying that prosecutors aren’t going to use his case, but concentrate on two others... [Continue Reading]