by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 17, 2017 | Opinion
An old saying claims “What you don’t know can’t hurt you,” which is manifestly false, as anyone who’s stepped in a hole they didn’t know was there can attest. What you don’t know can also slow you down and generally wreck your...
by Lauren Markoe | Jan 6, 2012 | News
(RNS) Ten years after the sex abuse scandal erupted in the Archdiocese of Boston, Cardinal Sean O’Malley has written a contrite public letter, faulting the church’s response and insisting that the church can never again fail to protect the young. “As a church we must...
by G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Jan 6, 2011 | News
(RNS) After a lengthy appeals process, the Vatican has ruled that nine Boston-area Catholic parishes should be closed despite six-year vigils and other forms of protest from parishioners. In a letter dated Dec. 15, the Vatican’s Secretariat of State said Pope Benedict...
