More bad news for Cardinal Law and his former top aides today. Today we have a story on certain archdiocesan records that seem to indicate the Cardinal Law knew more than previously thought about the extent of the Scandal in Boston. But were they... [Continue Reading]
Fr. Tom Doyle, one of the three men who wrote the first major report for the US bishops conference in the 1980s giving the first warnings about the Scandal, has had his name attached to the 1962 Vatican document on solicitiation by confessors which... [Continue Reading]
If you think the reception for the Vatican document on gay marriages was rough in the United States, it may be worse in Ireland. The Irish equivalent of the ACLU is warning that anyone who distributes the document may be guilty of hate crimes and... [Continue Reading]
A couple of lawyers seeking millions from the Church in abuse cases are waving about a 40-year-old document they say is the Vatican’s blueprint for covering up scandal. It might make nice newspaper copy and a dramatic piece of evidence in... [Continue Reading]
Bishop John McCormack of Manchester, NH, spoke on the attorney general’s release of 9,000 pages of documents related to sex abuse. There’s not a whole lot new in his statement. Plenty of talk about how we were all on a learning curve... [Continue Reading]
My last "How I Work" post was in 2018 and and the first one was in 2015 and I thought it was time to update, even though much of how I work remains similar to last time.
On this week's episode, It’s the time of year when the Church discusses the Four Last Things and Dom and Melanie discuss how instead of being a downer, it’s very hopeful and uplifting. Plus, the Netflix series Inside Man, a Ms. Marvel rewatch, a... [Continue Reading]
With the advent of the new "Book of Boba Fett" series on Disney+, one of the most oft-repeated refrains I hear among younger Star Wars fans and the general public alike is, "Why is Boba Fett so popular?" They point out that he had hardly any screen... [Continue Reading]
or some time, I resisted the hot new trend of the Personal Knowledge apps that productivity bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters have been promoting. Why did I need yet another place to put information? I already had Evernote for web clippings and... [Continue Reading]
I've been writing year-end retrospectives for seven years as a kind of exercise to help me process, but also as something to leave for posterity. I started at the end of 2013, which I characterized as a "good year." It would be difficult to call... [Continue Reading]