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As you know, the investigation cleared him as far as the personal issues go. Local reactions.

Deep subject: Chicago Tribune looks at our attachment to our spot in church Up until the mid-1900s, it was common for regular members of a congregation to pay the church to sit in a specific seat or pew, a practice called “pew rent.” Some churches listed the family’s name on the pew and also marked…

An interview/discussion with George Weigel But this lacuna aside, Weigel’s political vision, drawn from Catholic social teaching as updated by the Pope, is attractive: the State defers to the moral values embedded in a free society in which the Churches are free to develop a vibrant moral culture. He set out this vision in his…

From CT: What to do with frozen embryos? Jim and Susanne are not alone. More than 400,000 frozen embryos are stored in clinics across the United States. No one knows how long frozen embryos retain their viability, but children have been born from embryos stored five to ten years. And then, from a letter from…

A week or so of travels. We leave on Saturday, headed to Knoxville, where we will see my dad and my oldest son. Sunday evening, we’ll go on down to Atlanta to the Christian Booksellers’ Association trade show, which is always interesting. It is never really clear to me why OSV exhibits at this show,…

Vatican protests arrests Navarro-Valls listed three recent cases. He said that since May 27 there has been no news on the bishop of Xuanhua, who was taken into police custody. Another bishop in Xiwanzi was held from June 2-12 while the bishop of Zhengding was held for five days by authorities, the Vatican spokesman said.

Salesian priest at the center of one of the DMN’s stories will be deported from Samoa.

Lexington bishop makes his point; politicians respond Lexington Bishop Ronald Gainer doesn’t want pro-choice Catholic politicians to take Communion in his diocese. But Lexington Mayor Teresa Isaac and state Sen. Ernesto Scorsone — both Catholics and abortion-rights advocates — said they plan to continue receiving the wine and wafer. In a handful of dioceses, bishops…

First, the interim reflections on McCarrick’s task force, posted on the USCCB website. I think all of the statements here are well worth reading – necessary, in fact, if you’re a person with a serious interest in this issue. I have to say, though, that an element of all of these statements which I find…

..to the bishops’ statement on pro-abortion, etc. Catholic speakers at Catholic colleges and universities. The problem becomes more complex when schools honor lawmakers for accomplishments unrelated to their positions on church issues. Boston College Law School chose as its commencement speaker Walter Dellinger, who served as acting solicitor general and adviser for President Bill Clinton…
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