MONDAY, AUGUST 20 WUERL CANCELS TRIP Cardinal Donald Wuerl canceled his planned appearance at the World Meeting of Families in Ireland. Wuerl’s tenure as Bishop…
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 “SHAME AND SORROW” The Holy See responds to the Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy abuse. ““The abuses described in the report…
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 THE ROLE OF CLERICALISM Russell Shaw writes about the clergy sex scandals: “Clerical elitism—the notion that the clergy are a privileged caste, with special…
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 – ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY GRAND JURY REPORT A report from a grand jury detailed 301 predator priests had victimized at least…
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 POLL: DEMOCRATS PREFER SOCIALISM A new Gallup poll found that 47% of Democrats view capitalism positively, down from 56% in 2016. But Democrats’s support for…
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 ARGENTINA REJECTS ABORTION The Argentina Senate rejected a measure to legalize abortion up to 14 weeks. Back in May, the Argentina House had approved…
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 ANTI-RELIGIOUS BIAS Attorney General Jeff Sessions calls out the Southern Poverty Law Center for using the term “hate group” to “bully” conservatives. “People of faith…
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 SPECIAL ELECTION IN OHIO The Republican candidate is claiming victory in the Ohio House special election. But with over 8,000 outstanding absentee and…
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 DACA REVIVED Attorney General Jeff Sessions unleashed on a federal judge who reinstated Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) last week. “The…