Priests, Abuse, and the Meltdown of a Culture
The American narrative of the Catholic Church's struggles with the clerical sexual abuse of the young has been dominated by several tropes firmly set in journalistic concrete.
The American narrative of the Catholic Church's struggles with the clerical sexual abuse of the young has been dominated by several tropes firmly set in journalistic concrete.
A UN committee has roasted the Vatican over sex abuse. And abortion. And the Pill. And homosexuality. And whatever.
Why is it so difficult to speak up, and why do so many prefer to keep quiet?
Catholic bishops were not the only people who covered up evidence of sexual abuse. Public schools, police departments, families, media outlets, non-profit associations not to mention other religious denominations all were guilty of their own cover-ups.
The following facts were presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Sept. 22, 2009 by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations in Geneva.
In his July 15, 2003 address to the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, Fr. Mankowski presents an excellent analysis of how the Catholic clerical sexual abuse crisis occurred.
David Pierre of Media Report has published an illuminating new book, "The Greatest Fraud Never Told: False Accusations, Phony Grand Jury Reports, and the Assault on the Catholic Church."
In his new book, "Letter to a Suffering Church", Bishop Robert Barron provides a necessary mixture of teaching and empathetic rage.
Throughout his brief text, Ratzinger has moments of insight and genius that fall like rain in a desert, especially today.
The following essay by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI was published on April 4, 2019.