Iowa AG report details ‘overwhelming’ abuse by Catholic clergy (The Gazette) Citing “overwhelming” incidents of abuse and “extensive” cover-up that spanned decades, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller issued a report Wednesday detailing 50 complaints his office received about allegations of sexual impropriety by Catholic clergy, non-clergy or spiritual leaders — including 17 victims who had not previously come forward to report abuse to authorities. The report concluded the Catholic Church in Iowa has had a “long, painful history of abuse by priests and a cover-up by officials” but has taken steps recently to implement reforms and respond to victims…
USCCB publishes Q & A about Communion document (USCCB) The document being drafted is not meant to be disciplinary in nature, nor is it targeted at any one individual or class of persons. It will include a section on the Church’s teaching on the responsibility of every Catholic, including bishops, to live in accordance with the truth, goodness and beauty of the Eucharist we celebrate…
Members of Catholic Worker movement barred from hospital after ‘exorcism’ protest (The Telegram & Gazette) Members of all Massachusetts chapters of the Catholic Worker Movement and all affiliates were informed by hospital police that they are not authorized or permitted to enter St. Vincent Hospital after activists held an “exorcism of the demon of corporate greed” at the hospital Tuesday…
Pope warns against preachers who sow division online (CNA) At his general audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis warned against preachers who sow division and mistrust online. “There is no shortage of preachers who, especially through the new means of communication, can disturb communities. They present themselves not primarily to announce the Gospel of God who loves man in Jesus, Crucified and Risen, but to insist, as true ‘keepers of the truth,’ … what is the best way to be Christians,” the pope said June 23.
Why was Spider-Man at the pope’s audience? (CNA) People attending Pope Francis’ weekly audience on Wednesday, and those following via livestream, were surprised to see sitting among the crowd a man dressed head-to-toe in tight red and blue garb decorated with a silver web. Why was Spider-Man at the Vatican?…
