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Save the Little Sisters of the Poor! Aug. 15, 2025
It's enraging. More than a decade after the Obama administration tried to force the Little Sisters ... Read More
Counterweight: A New Pope Heralds A Blessed Contrast May. 13, 2025
The decline in religiosity in America is oft-noted and well-documented, as survey upon survey demons... Read More
The Pope's Nose May. 09, 2025
I saw a priest in the coffee shop Wednesday morning. He was wearing a cassock, the long black robe w... Read More
Additional Scandal That an Already Challenged Catholic Church Cannot Afford May. 31, 2023
The Catholic Church has long seemed to assume a holier-than-thou moral authority that has never quit... Read More
The Changing Phases of Venus May. 30, 2023
Week of June 4-10, 2023 Ask your friends and neighbors, and most will probably tell you that it was... Read More
Church Militants, not Church Milquetoasts Nov. 16, 2021
These are abridged remarks I gave Tuesday morning in Baltimore at the "Enough is Enough" protest acr... Read More
An Important Easter Sunday Message for the Catholic Church, Major League Baseball and Delta Airlines Apr. 05, 2021
Whether you realize it or not, we are at war (and I'm not referring to my initials). American instit... Read More
An Important Easter Sunday Message for the Catholic Church, Major League Baseball and Delta Airlines Apr. 04, 2021
Whether you realize it or not, we are at war (and I'm not referring to my initials). American instit... Read More
The Wild CBS 'Sunday Morning' Gossip Apr. 02, 2021
On Palm Sunday, Christians celebrate the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem to great fanfare and celebrat... Read More
The Boy Scouts' 'Perversion Files' Tell the Tale Nov. 21, 2020
There are now nearly 90,000 men who say they were sexually violated as young boys while participatin... Read More
Philadelphia vs. Catholic Church and Children Nov. 04, 2020
If you were a child who, through some tragic circumstance, needed to be placed in a foster home, do ... Read More
Be Safe; Get Tested Apr. 17, 2020
Dear Annie: In a future column, please stress that when someone is cheating (or being cheated on), t... Read More
Boy Scouts Failed to Heed the Catholic Church's Lesson and Confront Abuse Feb. 20, 2020
Boy Scouts of America has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect the organization and its multib... Read More
Parents' Anti-Drag Queen Hour Resistance Rises Feb. 19, 2020
The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy this week amid a deluge of sex-abuse lawsuits. The Ca... Read More
The Hand of God Apr. 22, 2019
I watched Notre Dame de Paris burn from my couch, located in my house, located one block from a 100-... Read More
Colorado AG Investigates Catholic Sex Abuse Feb. 27, 2019
Colorado's Catholic leaders announced last week an agreement that allows a former federal prosecutor... Read More
What Is in the Pope's Hand? Feb. 21, 2019
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis is increasingly showing his hand. He came into the papacy promising ... Read More
Cardinal Zen Is a Hero for China and the Catholic Church Feb. 20, 2019
Cardinal Joseph Zen, an 87-year-old native of Shanghai who served as bishop of Hong Kong, is a Chine... Read More
In 2019, This Pope Needs a Reality Check Dec. 29, 2018
During this holiest of Christian seasons, who could ignore the latest statements of Pope Francis abo... Read More
The Pope At a Loss for Words Oct. 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — Back in late August, Pope Francis declared that he would "not say a word" about a... Read More
