Western civilization exerts unprecedented influence. Science commands the intellectual loyalty of elites around the world. Western strands of Christianity have enjoyed extraordinary missionary success in Africa and Asia. Communism—a Western ideology—migrated to China, destroyed its . . . . Continue Reading »
If more of the old canonization system had been in place, the McCarrick Report would certainly have delayed John Paul II’s canonization.
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McCarrick’s deceptions operated within a cultural matrix that enabled him to avoid the consequences of his depredations for decades. Continue Reading »
It is for us, in 2020, to begin to tell the truth to everyone, and about everything: the sex, the money, the lies, the cover-ups—from the narthex of the sleepiest parish to the halls of the Apostolic Palace. Continue Reading »
The clergy as a corporate body has acted like an unfaithful spouse. Continue Reading »
Theodore McCarrick was not only a sexual predator; he was an accomplished, pathological liar. Continue Reading »
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