Over at The Conversation, Mathew Schmalz of the College of Holy Cross explains why the disgraced Catholic bishop Theodore McCarrick will continue to be a priest despite his recent defrocking. Here is a taste: The Vatican recently “defrocked” Theodore McCarrick, a former...
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Politics in the Catholic Church
There is a battle raging for control of the Catholic Church. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano’s recent claim that Pope Francis covered-up Theodore McCarrick’s sexual indiscretions is the latest battle in a political holy war between conservative Catholics (supporters of Benedict...
The Vatican is Preparing a Response to the Vigano Letter
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has accused Pope Francis of covering up the sexual sins of former Washington D.C. archbishop Theodore McCarrick. Thus far, Francis has dismissed the accusations. But now it appears that the Vatican is forming some kind of...
*Commonweal*: The Vigano Letter is Suspect, but Francis Should Still Respond
As we wrote about here last week, Catholic Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano recently claimed Pope Francis knew that Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was a “sexual predator” and did nothing about it. Vigano made his allegations in an 11-page “testimony.” Yesterday, the...
Catholic writer claims Vigano testimony is to the sex abuse scandal what Oliver Stone is to the Kennedy assassination
Writing at the National Catholic Reporter, Michael Sean Winters argues that Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano’s testimony that Pope Francis covered-up the inappropriate behavior of former-cardinal Theodore McCarrick is little more than a conspiracy theory. Here is a taste of his...
Did Pope Francis Know About Cardinal McCarrick’s Alleged Sexual Abuse and Cover it Up?
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a former apostolic nuncio in Washington D.C., claims that Pope Francis knew that former Archbishop Theodore McCarrick was a “sexual predator and not only covered it up, but brought McCarrick into his inner-circle. Vigano’s 11-page report reads...
*America* Magazine: The Catholic Church “Should Be Ashamed” by the McCarrick Case
Last month we reported on Pope Francis’s decision to remove Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from public ministry following allegations that he sexually abused a teenager nearly fifty years ago. The Jesuit America magazine has now published a statement about the McCarrick case. Here...
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is Removed from Public Ministry
I met Cardinal Theodore McCarrick back in 2011 when we were both participating in a Catholic-Evangelical dialogue at Georgetown University. I always thought he was a man of integrity and a model of how Catholic social teaching could provide a...