At first a limited release, the missing-person thriller Searching has garnered rave reviews from the nation’s top critics. It’s an impressive showing for first-time director Aneesh Chaganty, a former Google employee. Critics have hailed the film as a contemporary take on a familiar “whodunit” story, and they point to John Cho’s performance as particularly moving. …
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St. Joan of Arc fought as a warrior. St. Catherine of Siena convinced the pope of his proper home. These modern women are also not afraid to speak their minds or call for change when it comes to the recent events of the horrifying sex abuse crisis within the Church. 1. Sr. Theresa Aletheia …
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Here we are again learning how the leadership in the Church has wounded it’s faithful, and again has tried to cover it up. We also have a pope that is accused of covering it up and turning a blind eye. While everyone is due a just trial and is innocent until proven guilty (in America), …
Catholics are hurting. Feelings of anger, sadness, and helplessness surround us in the wake of the McCarrick abuse scandal and the release of the report from the Pennsylvania Grand Jury. While some of us have yet to read the actual document for ourselves, there’s no hiding that what is contained in it is both disheartening …
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PENNSYLVANIA – For over a year, a Pittsburgh grand jury has heard testimony concerning alleged rape and sexual abuse of children by members of the Catholic Church. Cases of sexual abuse span seventy years and include all six of the dioceses in Pennsylvania. The jury’s findings will be compiled into a report that will be …
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One would be hard pressed to be Catholic in America and not be at least slightly aware of the enormous scandal that is being uncovered regarding recently degraded Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. There are as many articles and opinions and letters from Bishops that have made their way to Catholic and secular media …
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VATICAN CITY – Following three days of an emergency summit meetings at the Vatican every one of Chile’s 34 bishops offered their resignations to Pope Francis. The resignations were accompanied by an apology to the people of Chile for the sex abuse scandal that has impacted the entire country. Pope Francis called the meeting in …
Every Chilean Bishop Just Submitted His Resignation to Pope Francis Read More »
Many men and women have been victim to lewd comments, catcalls, gestures, “Locker room talk”, unwelcome sexual advances, and rape. Statistics cite that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men will be raped in their lifetimes and that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before they …
TORORO, UGANDA – An archbishop in Southeastern Uganda is creating a culture of domestic peace in his archdiocese. Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo of Tororo told the Catholic News Agency of Africa in an interview Aug. 17 that domestic violence is a major challenge present “in almost every family” under his care. “It’s a concern for the family, …
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