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January 30, 2019

Pope disagrees with 'optional celibacy', but open to ordaining married men in remote regions

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Panama City, Panama, to Rome, Jan. 27, 2019.
VATICAN – Many people were surprised when Pope Francis told reporters flying with him from Panama Jan. 27 that he did not think optional celibacy for priests in the Latin-rite church was a good idea.
Published in International
January 29, 2019

Marriage, priesthood requires fidelity and unity, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis poses for a photo Jan. 29, 2019, during a meeting with members of the Roman Rota, a Vatican tribunal handling mostly marriage cases.
VATICAN – Unity and fidelity are indispensable cornerstones of Christian marriage, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
January 16, 2019

Pope Francis wants sex abuse summit to lead to accountability, prevention

Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago has been appointed by Pope Francis to be part of the organizing committee for the Vatican's Feb. 21-24 global bishops meeting to address clerical sexual abuse. Cardinal Cupich is pictured in front of Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta, also appointed a member of the committee, at the Vatican Oct. 18.
VATICAN – At the upcoming meeting on protecting minors, Pope Francis wants leaders of the world's bishops' conferences to clearly understand what must be done to prevent abuse, care for victims and ensure no case is whitewashed or covered up.
Published in International
January 8, 2019

As U.S. bishops meet, Vatican may be deciding fate of former cardinal

Then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick attends a Mass in Rome April 13. The prelate, no longer a member of the College of Cardinals, has been accused of abusing a minor decades ago when he was a priest and being sexually inappropriate with seminarians in more recent years as a bishop. He has denied the allegations but his case roiled the U.S. Catholic Church in 2018 amid a growing abuse crisis.
WASHINGTON – As U.S. bishops gathered in early January at a seminary in Illinois to pray and reflect about the American church's sex abuse crisis, reports trickled out about the possible fate of one their own being decided overseas.
Published in International
January 7, 2019

Two Windsor priests dismissed after abuse investigations

Two Windsor priests dismissed after abuse investigations

Two priests in Windsor, Ont., have been removed from their duties after separate investigations into allegations of sexual abuse.

Published in Canada
January 4, 2019

German cardinal urges change, 'review' of celibacy tradition

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, Germany, arrives for the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican 2014.
WASHINGTON – German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising called for change in long-standing church tradition as the German bishops' conference prepares for a workshop debate to "review" the issue of celibacy for priests.
Published in International
December 29, 2018

Vatican begins sex abuse investigation of McCarrick

Then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick attends a Mass in Rome April 13. The prelate, no longer a member of the College of Cardinals, has been accused of abusing a minor decades ago when he was a priest and being sexually inappropriate with seminarians in more recent years as a bishop. He has denied the allegations but his case roiled the U.S. Catholic Church in 2018 amid a growing abuse crisis.
WASHINGTON – James Grein, a Virginia man who said Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, sexually abused him for years beginning when he was 11, gave his testimony about what occurred Dec. 27 before a judicial vicar for the New York Archdiocese.
Published in International
December 4, 2018

Gay clergy must stay celibate or leave, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis walks in front of a candle in memory of victims of sexual abuse as he visits St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin Aug. 25. Pope Francis apologized for clerical sexual abuse in Ireland but on the final day of the trip, he was accused of ignoring abuse by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.
VATICAN – In a book-length interview to be published next week, Pope Francis addressed gifts and challenges for clerical and religious vocations, among them the challenge of homosexuality in the clergy.
Published in Faith
December 3, 2018

Do not fall into 'spiritual worldliness', clericalism, Pope Francis tells Jesuits

Pope Francis leads an audience with faculty and staff of the Jesuits' International College of the Gesu at the Vatican Dec. 3. The pope, a Jesuit, told his brethren that they have to be lambs when fighting the wolves.
VATICAN – There is no growth without some form of crisis and no victory without a battle, Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits.
Published in Vatican
November 30, 2018

Traditional Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter stresses unity with Pope Francis

Fr. Joseph Brisig, co-founder of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, stressed the importance of unity with the Pope, the visible authority in the Catholic Church

OTTAWA – An order of priests that became “like orphans” 30 years ago when it broke away from the schismatic Society of St. Pius X has prospered by observing Church tradition and stressing unity with the Holy Father.

Published in Canada
November 28, 2018

St. Michael’s scandal a humbling experience for Basilian Fathers

Basilian Father Thomas Rosica during the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 2014.

As the Basilian Fathers await announcement of an expert panel to investigate the culture and policies that may be factors in a sexual assault scandal at St. Michael's College School, the priests are praying for the victims, their families and the community they serve.

Published in Canada
November 26, 2018

Bishop Morlino of Madison dies from 'cardiac event' at 71

Bishop Morlino of Madison dies from 'cardiac event' at 71
MADISON, Wis. – Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison died the evening of Saturday, Nov. 24, at St. Mary Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, the diocese has announced. He was 71.
Published in International
November 23, 2018

Seniors from religious communities among the first to move in to Presentation Manor

Sr. Marie Donovan is given a welcoming hug by fellow Our Lady’s Missionary Sr. Gwen Legault as she settles into a new life in Presentation Manor.

For 10 of the 32 years Sr. Rosemarie Donovan lived in Nigeria, she lived in a poor rural village. She had a one-room house. She pumped her water from the well with the other women and cooked her meals over a fire. The stars in the night sky filled up the heavens.

Published in Canada
October 31, 2018

Shepherd's Trust has been ‘a godsend’ in helping with a safe retirement for priests in golden years

Left, Fr. Don MacLean, 85, and his friend and power of attoney Kathleen Keslick. Right, Fr. Florentine A. Rajaratnam, who has suffered vision problems his whole life.

Fr. Don MacLean’s kidneys are failing and he needs dialysis on a regular basis in order to remain in good health. But with the help of The Shepherds’ Trust fund, he has found himself in the right place at the right time.

Published in Estate Planning
October 30, 2018

Whistleblower says Buffalo diocese did not disclose priest abuse reports to protect assets

Siobhan O’Connor, a former executive assistant to Bishop Malone, told “60 Minutes” on Sunday that she decided to leak the internal diocesan documents mentioned in the report after an incomplete list of priests accused of abuse was published.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A former Church employee said she leaked diocesan documents because when the Buffalo diocese addressed sexual abuse allegations it seemed primarily concerned with protecting the reputation and assets of the Church.
Published in International
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