The Audit

On Tuesday, the U.S. bishops released the results from the independent audit done of the nation’s dioceses to measure their compliance with the USCCB’s charter on sexual abuse. I had the chance to attend the press conference here in DC,… Read More

Defending Saddam?

I’m sure everyone is happy that Saddam Hussein was finally captured. It’s just that some people have a strange way of showing it.
When the world saw images of a disheveled Saddam submitting passively to a medical examination by a… Read More

Slanting the News

A recent Boston Globe article claimed that Archbishop Sean O’Malley of Boston was considering lifting the ban on Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) chapters in his archdiocese.
The Globe piece entitled “O'Malley to reconsider policies against lay group,” quoted VOTF… Read More

Real Anti-Catholic Bias

What’s the fastest way to make a Democrat angry? Call him anti-Catholic. That’s exactly what happened the other week when the Committee for Justice ran a controversial ad that pictured a closed courtroom door with a sign on it that… Read More

The Neocon Question

On a fairly regular basis, both I and Crisis are described as “neoconservative” — a branding that manages to be both puzzling and expected. Frankly, I’ve never thought of myself or the magazine primarily in terms of a political movement.… Read More

That Secret Meeting

As you recall, about 2 weeks ago, the Boston Globe uncovered a meeting between several bishops and a group of left-wing Catholics held, unbelievably enough, at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center here in Washington, D.C.
I have learned… Read More

Dissenters’ Secret Meeting

On Friday, July 11, the Boston Globe dropped a bombshell of a story…though they seem to have little idea just how major it is.
The title was “Bishops seek out opinions, in private: conference focus is church future,” and began… Read More

Worse Than Roe?

There has been a lot of lot of talk since the Supreme Court decision in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, a dispute over Texas’ law making sodomy illegal. The Supreme Court overturned that law by a vote of 6… Read More

Why Frank Keating Resigned

You’ve probably already heard that Frank Keating recently resigned from the bishops’ lay review board. This is big news for everyone concerned about the sex abuse scandals. And there’s more to this story than what the media reported — including… Read More

Who’s the Bigot?

The following excerpt is from Jay Leno’s opening monologue on The Tonight Show (April 23, 2003): “Republican senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum — well, let me finish. Don’t hiss me. You can hiss the guy later. He is causing quite… Read More

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