Catholic Church
Pope Benedict Says Child Abuse Scandal, Coverup Not His Fault
ABC News reports: Seven months after leaving the papacy, emeritus Pope Benedict XVI broke his self-imposed silence Tuesday by releasing a letter to one of […]
New Foundation Will Give Philly Catholics Greater Say in Church Spending
The Inquirer reports that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is creating a new private foundation that will give the city’s lay leaders more say over how […]
Pennsylvania Priest Caught With 15-Year-Old Boy
Catholic Online: Rev. Jeffery W. Paulish was arrested and charged with one felony count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and one felony count of unlawful […]
The Guesswork Is Over: This Pope Really Is More Liberal Than His Predecessors
Remember when Pope Francis said some not-hateful things about gay people and conservatives said, “No, you don’t understand, he’s not really liberal?” Well, this pretty […]
Philly Catholics Hope For a Papal Visit
CBS Philly reports that Philly Catholics hope Pope Francis will come to town for the World Family Conference in 2015. Ken Gavin, a spokesman for […]
Pope Francis: We All Belong Here
In the wake of Pope Francis’s stunning statement on homosexuality yesterday in Rio — asking, “who am I to judge?” regarding homosexuals who “accept the […]
Whoa. The Pope Basically Out in Favor of Gay Rights
This is big. Asked a question yesterday about the alleged “gay lobby” that protects priests in the Vatican, Pope Francis gave what is undoubtedly the […]
Pro-Life Groups Protest, Want to Bury “Gosnell Babies”
NewsBusters, a right-wing site, reports on efforts to pressure the Philadelphia Medical Examiners Office to release dead fetuses seized from Kermit Gosnell’s abortion clinic. The […]
Nobody Knows What Archbishop Chaput Meant By “Pagan,” But It Seems Kinda Bad
Religion News Service surveys a number of experts and theologians, but gets no closer to answering a question that’s been on our minds for about […]
Philadelphia Archdiocese Doesn’t Want Speaker at Chestnut Hill College
Chestnut Hill College’s plans to host Fr. Helmut Schüller, an Austrian priest associated with the infamous (among Catholics) “Call to Disobedience” movement, have been met […]
Philly Archbishop Chaput Apparently Worried About Paganism
Religious leaders and faith-centric political figures are constantly warning us about crises that the rest of us may or may not consider actual crises: Homosexuality, […]
Why Are Philly Catholics Leaving the Church?
NewsWorks reports on a new poll by Villanova University’s Center for the Study of Church Management, delving into why Catholics are leaving a local parish. […]
Priest, Ex-Teacher Get Prison for Abuse
AP: A judge has sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to six to 12 years in prison and a former teacher to eight to 16 years […]
Catholic Church Deathwatch: Archdiocese Consolidating 27 Parishes in Philly Area
As if one-upping the school district for the title of ‘most defunct city institution,’ the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced plans to merge 27 of […]
Bucks County Woman Cookie-Stealer Confesses All!
A 51-year-old woman says that last week, she and a male accomplice snuck into a Catholic church in Penndel to steal “coffee, Oreos and bulk […]