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Voice of the Faithful Focus News Roundup
TOP STORIES Federal bankruptcy judge rejects Catholic diocese’s bid to stop state litigation on child sex abuse, excoriates ‘heavy-handed threat’ to survivors“On Monday (May23), a federal bankruptcy judge granted survivors to resume their previously paused actions against hundreds of independent Catholic corporations that did not seek bankruptcy protection. His scathing ruling slammed what the judge […]
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Francis' clergy abuse law, 'Vos Estis,' isn't working. Here's how to fix it.
Our assessment so far of Vos Estis, based on the cases we’ve tracked in Poland, the United States, and elsewhere: Too few bishops have been found guilty, they’ve been punished too lightly, and next to no information about their misdeeds has been disclosed. By Anne Barrett Doyle, National Catholic Reporter “Three years ago, as the Catholic […]
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Voice of the Faithful Focus, May 20, 2022
TOP STORIES Pope Francis highlights danger of staid liturgies that ‘deny Vatican Council II“There is an old saying: ‘During Holy Week, there is nothing more useless than a Jesuit.’ The magnificent liturgies of that holiest of times requires a profound liturgical sense. Members of the Society of Jesus have never been known for their liturgical […]
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By closing Catholic News Service, bishops show they've lost interest in civic engagement
No, the deeper – and in some ways worse – problem is that the bishops have lost their own commitment to civic engagement, of which the responsibility for providing reliable information is so integral a part. By Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter The decision by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to close […]
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In closing Catholic News Service, U.S. bishops undermine their pastoral work / National Catholic Reporter
So many of the Catholic media outlets that are opposed to Francis and Vatican II exist only to promote their views, not to report, write, edit and publish Catholic news, and the truth as we can best ascertain it. By David Gibson, National Catholic Reporter “That Catholic News Service was the first to report on its […]