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Yearly Archives: 2002

The “mystery of evil”

In his Holy Thursday letter to priests, Pope John Paul II described clergy sexual abuse as an expression of the “mystery of evil” at...

What must be done in Dallas

Expectations for the bishops’ meeting in Dallas in mid-June have gone over the top. More journalists have applied for credentials than applied to cover...

“Xavier Rynne,” R.I.P.

No reporter or op-ed columnist ever refers to the Dalai Lama as a “liberal” Buddhist or a “conservative” Buddhist. I suspect that’s because everyone...

A saint from Richmond?

On All Souls’ Day last year, I accompanied several priests and students of Rome’s  Pontifical North American College to a Mass being offered at...

Martyrs in Algeria

On March 27, 1996, Muslim extremists kidnapped seven Trappist monks from their monastery in the Atlas Mountains near Algiers. After two months, the Groupe...

What celibacy is, and isn’t

Today’s scandal-time has inevitably raised questions about the celibate priesthood. Most polls indicate that a significant majority of U.S. Catholics would not object to...

From Scandal to Reform: Above All, Holiness

Over the past several months, as story after story of clerical misconduct filled the papers and the news broadcasts, I have thought time and...

From Scandal to Reform: The Apostles We Need

However grim the present circumstances may seem, many of the pre-requisites for a thoroughgoing revitalization of the priesthood in America are already in place. Catholics...

From Scandal to Reform: The Imperative of Orthodoxy

One of the reasons the Catholic Church in America finds itself embroiled in scandal and spiritual crisis is that we have not taken the...
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