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August 30, 2018

Pope Francis serene despite 'pain' over Vigano's testimony, cardinal says

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during a meeting with nuncios, who represent the Pope around the world, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 17, 2016.
VATICAN – While recent accusations by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano have created tension in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is approaching the situation calmly, the Vatican secretary of state said.
Published in International
August 29, 2018

Peter Stockland: Archbishop Vigano takes a dubious path

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then nuncio to the United States, congratulates then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington at a gala dinner sponsored by the Pontifical Missions Societies in New York in May 2012. The archbishop has since said Cardinal McCarrick already was under sanctions at that time, including being banned from traveling and giving lectures.

Pope Francis famously asserted his preference for a Church that is “bruised, hurting, dirty” and has the mud of the street on her shoes.

Published in Register Columnists
August 29, 2018

Latin America's bishops pledge loyalty, denounce 'shameful' attacks on Pope

Pope Francis walks with his crosier next to Colombian Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota as he arrives to celebrate Mass at Simon Bolivar Park in 2017.
WASHINGTON – The Catholic bishops of Latin America pledged their loyalty to Pope Francis and spoke against the "shameful" way he has been attacked, said the president of the Latin American bishops' council during an Aug. 26 Mass in Medellin, Colombia.
Published in International
August 29, 2018

Ireland vocations have dwindled due to abuse scandal, Pope says

Pope Francis blesses a man from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo during his general audience in St. Peter's Square Aug. 29 at the Vatican.
VATICAN – While the faith of Catholics in Ireland is strong, the scandal of abuse and cover-up by church leaders has caused a decline in vocations to the priesthood and religious life, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
August 29, 2018

Charles Lewis: Accepting allegations against Pope at face value is foolhardy

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks at a dinner honoring then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington in May 2012. Archbishop Vigano said in an Aug. 26 letter that now-Archbishop McCarrick was under sanctions imposed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 or 2010 in connection with allegations of sexual abuse against the former Washington archbishop, but that Pope Francis and U.S. church leaders declined to enforce them.

I understand those who do not want to dismiss the letter written by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò out of hand, given his high regard in the Church. His allegations that Pope Francis did nothing after being made aware five years ago of the sexual misconduct of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick are serious and should raise concerns. 

Published in Register Columnists
August 29, 2018

Pope has 'bigger agenda' to worry about, Cardinal Cupich says about Vigano claims

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago during a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 17.
CHICAGO – Archbishop of Chicago Blase Cupich has dismissed recent allegations made by a former Vatican ambassador to the U.S., saying that Pope Francis has a “bigger agenda” to worry about, including defending migrants and protecting the environment.
Published in International
August 28, 2018

Vigano testimony on abuse cover-up receives mixed response from U.S. bishops

From left: Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago; Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark; Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego; Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington; Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas; Bishop David Konderla of the Diocese of Tulsa; Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix; Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit
WASHINGTON – Multiple bishops have responded to a testimony published over the weekend by a former apostolic nuncio to the United States, which called for the resignation of Pope Francis and several cardinals and bishops, who are alleged to have covered-up of sexual abuse allegations against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Published in International
August 28, 2018

'Vigano said the truth', former nunciature official of Washington says

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, is seen in a 2016 photo in Washington. The full text of Viganò’s statement lists numerous senior curial cardinals, during the last three pontificates, as being aware of McCarrick’s alleged predatory behavior but either failing to act, or in some cases deliberately acting to cover-up McCarrick’s alleged crimes.
WASHINGTON – Monsignor Jean-François Lantheaume, the former first counsellor at the apostolic nunciature in Washington D.C., has said that the former nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, told “the truth” in his explosive statement released to the press on Aug. 25.
Published in International
August 27, 2018

U.S. bishops' president seeks papal audience, answers to Vigano's questions

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, concelebrates the closing Mass at the 2017 Convocation of Catholic Leaders in Orlando, Fla. Cardinal DiNardo said in an Aug. 27 state that he was "eager for an audience" with Pope Francis to gain his support for the bishops' plan to respond to the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he was "eager for an audience" with Pope Francis to gain his support for the bishops' plan to respond to the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
Published in International
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