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| FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 |
| SEMINARIANS AND McCARRICK Seminarians were permitted to serve as assistants to Archbishop Theodore McCarrick while he was under investigation for the alleged sexual abuse of a teenager, the Archdiocese of Washington has confirmed. In 2011, McCarrick moved from a parish rectory to a house adjacent to the seminary of the Institute of the Incarnate Word. READ |
| 9,000 CATHOLIC WOMEN PETITION POPE A group of lay Catholic leaders have published an open letter to Pope Francis calling on him to be more forthright about the sex abuse crisis in the Church. “To your hurting flock, Pope Francis, your words are inadequate,” the signers of the letter say, addressing the Pope’s response. “They sting, reminiscent of the clericalism you so recently condemned. We need leadership, truth, and transparency. We, your flock, deserve your answers now.” READ |
| LIST OF BISHOPS SUPPORTING VIGANO Here’s a link to the statements of 25 bishops from Denver to Oklahoma City to San Francisco to Detroit who have publicly voiced support for Archbishop Vigano. READ |
| GEORGIA CATHOLICS PETITION BISHOP Catholics in Atlanta are petitioning Archbishop Wilton Gregory to “remove priests who promote the LGBT agenda from public ministry.” READ |
| COURT WON’T HEAR CATHOLIC CASE Catholic Social Services asked the Supreme Court to intervene and hear their case, but the Supreme Court denied their request. The City of Philadelphia is trying to compel the Catholic adoption agency to ignore Church teaching in the placement of children in homes. READ |
| WAR ON FAITH-BASED ADOPTION Monica Burke writes: “Catholic Charities of Buffalo represents another example in a disturbing trend toward driving out faith-based agencies from America’s child welfare system entirely — a trend that could cause children immeasurable harm.” READ |
| IMPEACHMENT? Billionaire Tom Steyer’s group Need to Impeach is ramping up calls for impeaching Trump after the convictions of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen. READ |
| COLLEGE BANS 9/11 DISPLAY Ripon College in Wisconsin ruled against a display to honor the memory of those killed in the 2001 attacks. The administration claimed it would create an atmosphere where “students from a Muslim background would feel singled out and/or harassed.” READ |
| FEDERAL WORKER PAY FREEZE President Trump said he would freeze the pay of federal workers next year, stating that the nation can’t afford the 2.1% raises that would have gone into effect without presidential action. READ |
| BRINGING BACK ST MICHAEL PRAYER Bishop Frank Caggiano of the Diocese of Bridgeport, CT, announced that all 82 parishes will be expected to recite the St. Michael’s prayer after each Holy Mass effective Sept. 15. READ |
| SAINT QUOTE “Since Christ Himself has said, ‘This is my body’ who shall dare to doubt that it is His body?” –St. Cyril of Jerusalem |
| SAINT OF THE DAY We know little about Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus except what we find in scripture. We do know that they were Jewish men of some standing who were not afraid to express their respect for Jesus. Each in his own way played a role in the life of Jesus that required courage and showed some understanding of who Jesus was. READ |
| DAILY READINGS “The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.” (Ps 33:5) READ |
| TRUTH |