Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Two Days Before New Year, Charlotte Diocese Releases List of Accused Clergy: "It's Incomplete, There Are Names Missing"

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Hmm. We count 43 names on the Charlotte list, not 14. Presumably to minimize the extent of the abuse, the diocese put the clerics in thr...
Friday, December 27, 2019

"The Immigrant Children…Cannot Be Erased by Shopping Excursions": An Advent Sermon by Wendell Griffen

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I'm happy to be able to share with readers a sermon I heard my friend Reverend Wendell Griffen deliver this past Sunday at New Mi...
Thursday, December 26, 2019

A Reminder: Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte, North Carolina, Has Not Yet Fulfilled Promise to Release List of Accused Priests This Year

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It's now the final week of the year, and Bishop Peter Jugis of the Catholic diocese of North Carolina has not released the list of prie...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

"This Is Happening in our Country Today and Is Being Done in All of Our Names": An Advent Sermon by Lisa Koop

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Christian Trump supporters, take note. https://t.co/xn3kCgkjaA — Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 24, 2019 I'm happy to be ab...
Sunday, December 22, 2019

St. John Paul II, Pray for Us! Legionaries of Christ Report Shows Maciel Abused at Least 60 Boys, Abuse Was Rife in the Order

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Sexual abuse of minors was rife among superiors of the Legionaires of Christ, with at least 60 boys abused by its founder Father Marcial M...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

Ruth Krall, "Bearing Witness: The First Step in Reconciliation" (2)

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Vincent van Gogh, "The Good Samaritan," original in the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, The Netherlands, uploaded to Wikimedia...
Friday, December 20, 2019

At Long Last, Christianity Today Lowers the Boom — "It's Time to Call a Spade a Spade" — & Republicans Rage

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Christianity Today was founded by Billy Graham, the most prominent evangelical figure in modern history. It is a vehemently anti-choice, c...