Sacrilege

World Profanation Day?

08/13/2023 at 11:20 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Peter Kwasniewski, Crisis Magazine, August 11, 2023 Whoever was involved in the planning of WYD decided to imitate not the Magi who gave the Lord gold, frankincense, and myrrh, but the Corinthians who heedlessly carried on with their “agape,” not discerning the Body and Blood of the... read more

When Abuse Occurs in a Sacramental Context

08/07/2022 at 9:19 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Emily Hess, Crisis Magazine, August 1, 2022 One sultry night in Pearl River, Louisiana, a man noticed that the normally dark windows of his parish church were lit up. Wondering why the lights were on so late, he poked his head in. Rather than seeing a Mass or a prayer service, he... read more

US priest accused of abusing boys for decades in Philippines

09/12/2019 at 8:24 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Tim Sullivan, Sep 9, 2019, ASSOCIATED PRESS In this Jan. 25, 2019 photo, a resident holds an undated photograph of the town's Catholic parish priest Father Pius Hendricks, in Talustusan on Biliran Island in the central Philippines. (Credit: Bullit Marquez/AP.) TALUSTUSAN, Philippines -... read more

No one knew more

11/21/2018 at 4:09 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Richard Sipe, the man dismissed by Bishop McElroy By Tim O’Neill, November 19, 2018 Speaking about the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church this past summer, Leon Podles, author of Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church (2008), said, “It was nothing new to me.... read more

CCHD Is At It Again Edition

10/27/2018 at 4:39 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Guess which group got $240,000 to promote Planned Parenthood and LGBT issues? By Michael Hichborn, Lepanto Institute, October 28, 2018 San Francisco's Coalition on Homelessness (COH) not only endorses Planned Parenthood, but they actively promote birth control, homosexuality, transgenderism,... read more

Something More Than a “Crisis”

10/04/2018 at 3:32 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

By David Warren, August 31, 2018 “Porn, sex toys, cocaine. . .” I have this from a headline in the Daily Mail. Gentle reader may be relieved to learn that it is not about the Catholic Church. Instead it is about the management culture in some company called “Atlantic Records,” and as... read more

Saint Tarcisius, the Catholic Priesthood, and Sexual Abuse

09/18/2018 at 5:00 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

By Judie Brown, September 18, 2018 The current scandals in the Catholic Church have caused great pain for many of us. Yet, in the midst of this tragedy, words of wisdom and insight—especially those of Monsignor Charles Pope—help and guide us. He tells us that the current situation is a... read more

McCarrick’s Crimes Some of the Worst in Church History

09/18/2018 at 11:06 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

by Church Militant • ChurchMilitant.com • September 17, 2018 Deviant was automatically excommunicated and suspended multiple times on multiple counts By Rev. Michael X., J.C.L. As one reads again and again the testimony of the heroic whistleblower Abp. Carlo Maria Viganò in... read more

The evolution of the Catholic Church into oblivion

06/10/2018 at 2:48 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

By Rev. Thomas Collins, May 29, 2018 Over the past fifty years, many of the Catholic faithful have been extremely scandalized, and even traumatized, by the willingness of so many Church leaders, including myself, to be incrementally drawn into a moral capitulation to the tyranny of progressive... read more

Catholics Converge in Manhattan Against Sacrilegious Met ‘Heavenly Bodies’ Exhibit

06/06/2018 at 5:08 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Christian Newswire Contact: Robert Ritchie, 717-309-1990, reritchie@gmail.com NEW YORK, June 6, 2018 /Christian Newswire/ -- Lay Catholics from eleven states will attend a Reparation Crusade against the heavily sacrilegious exhibit called "Heavenly Bodies: The Catholic Imagination and... read more

‘Mocking the sacred’

09/08/2017 at 7:21 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

By: Dana Robinson A few days ago I read about a Hollywood celebration in which a well known television personality who - while accepting a coveted award for her talent - made fun of Jesus Christ by stating he had nothing to do with her success. Presumably, she was mimicking previous recipients... read more