Pope Francis' reign in the papal throne spanned more than a decade, and witnessed the spread of widespread confusion on numerous matters of the Catholic faith.
McCarrick, who was expelled from the College of Cardinals in 2018, was laicized in 2019. He was the most senior cleric in history to be laicized for sexual misconduct.
'I fear time is running out, and that we are fast approaching a time when the cord of Mercy may be withdrawn from Heaven, and in its place, the rope of Justice shall swiftly descend,' writes Bishop Strickland.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl continues to receive substantial payments from the DC archdiocese since retiring in disgrace over his mishandling of sex abuse, though the amounts have declined following media scrutiny.
Catholics have a responsibility to question institutions imposing vaccines involving an aborted child. But what if that institution is your local Catholic school?
I later wondered if the witness of the heroic pro-life activists from around the world at the Rome Life Forum had emboldened Archbishop Viganò to step forward and speak out about clerical coverup of homosexual predation.
A new form of black Mass is beginning to gain traction in the Church today: LGBT 'Pride Masses,' increasingly celebrated or approved even by bishops and cardinals.
McCarrick was laicized in 2019 after a Vatican investigation concluded that he had sexually abused both children and adults, including young priests and seminarians.
The elevation of McElroy over his metropolitan archbishop, Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, represents a ‘wrong understanding of the Catholic Church in America,’ the cardinal said.