Lawsuit: McCarrick ran beach house ‘sex ring’ (NJ.com) In a lawsuit, they charged other priests served as “procurers” to bring victims to McCarrick at his beach house on the Jersey Shore, where he “assigned sleeping arrangements, choosing his victims from the boys, seminarians and clerics present at the beach house,” and that they were paired with adult clerics. The lawsuit does not say if McCarrick asked the other priests to bring boys to the beach house…
Vatican publishes book of pope’s ‘lockdown’ homilies (Vatican News) Vatican Publishing House is publishing downloadable .pdf containing Pope Francis’s daily homilies from Casa Santa Marta and prayers suggested for the coronavirus pandemic…
Pandemic hastened technology upgrades for some parishes (CNS) About two weeks after having no public Masses, St. Joseph Church in Yoakum started livestreaming on Facebook.Father Matthew Huehlefeld, the pastor, had an organist, a cantor and two parishioners helping with the streaming. But they have had ongoing challenges from their signal strength to their sound quality…
Gloria Purvis pledges to address racism as she sees appropriate (CNS) Never shy about her views, staunch pro-life advocate and radio program host Gloria Purvis considers racism as much a sin as abortion. Any time an affront to human dignity occurs, whether in the Catholic Church or across broader society, Purvis explained, people of faith are called to confront it. “Racism is demonic. It’s the influence of the evil one to separate the human family,” Purvis told Catholic News Service July 21…
‘Baby Lives Matter’ painted in front of Utah abortion clinic (Fox News) A anti-abortion activist splashed the words “Baby Lives Matter” in front of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, arguing the Black Lives Matter movement “wasn’t talking about the actual problems in their community…”
