Tag: Catholic

2,000 Children Sexually Abused by Illinois Catholic Clergy, Report Finds

The Illinois office of Attorney General has released a report on Catholic Clergy engaging in child sex abuse. Its investigation found nearly 2,000 children have been abused by clergy in the state. “Decades of Catholic leadership decisions and policies have allowed known child sex abusers to hide, often in plain sight. And because the statute…


ANALYSIS: Public Funding Erodes Ideological Freedom, Say Ontario Catholic School Stakeholders

News Analysis Public funding means the government, not the church or the faith, pulls the ideological strings in Ontario’s Catholic school system, some stakeholders say. And this particularly affects how the schools handle matters of gender and sexuality. It’s a cautionary tale to any institution assured it will remain independent when accepting government funding, says…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (May 9): Catholic Hospital Wins Dispute with Federal Government; Biden Administration Targets Dishwashers

A Catholic hospital in Oklahoma reacts after being allowed to continue to exhibit a symbol of its religious faith. The federal government threatened loss of accreditation for Medicaid and Medicare if the hospital didn’t remove an eternal flame candle from its chapel. The Biden administration is taking aim at dishwashers to tackle climate change. This…


NTD News Today (May 9): Catholic Hospital Wins Dispute with Federal Government; Biden Administration Targets Dishwashers

A Catholic hospital in Oklahoma reacts after being allowed to continue to exhibit a symbol of its religious faith. The federal government threatened loss of accreditation for Medicaid and Medicare if the hospital didn’t remove an eternal flame candle from its chapel. The Biden administration is taking aim at dishwashers to tackle climate change. This…


[PREMIERING at 4 PM ET] Can It Be Saved? | Counterculture

In this episode of Counterculture, Danielle discusses how to save the West. She dives into the recent revelations regarding changes occurring within the Catholic Church and she also interviews Daily Wire podcaster Spencer Klavan about the important topic of art and Western civilization. …


Have ‘Catholic Gut’? That’s a Good Thing

Commentary What is the “Catholic gut” that the now-former chief executive of Clubs NSW ascribed to New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet? It is a set of values inspired by Jesus Christ. They include faith, hope and love, a sense of fairness, an abhorrence of hypocrisy, and the imperative to stand up for what…


Cardinal George Pell’s Funeral Marked by Heated Exchange Between Supporters and Protesters

Tension rose outside St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney as protesters clashed with the Catholic faithful during the solemn funeral of Catholic Cardinal George Pell. As the casket of the conservative former archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney was carried outside the cathedral for the public procession to his burial crypt, some protesters cried “shame” and played Highway to…


Melbourne School Commends Australian Cardinal George Pell

A Melbourne school has praised Vatican leader Cardinal George Pell, who recently died from heart complications in Rome, for his administrative strength. Pell, formerly the archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney and Australia’s most senior Catholic, passed away on Jan. 10 following hip replacement surgery aged 81. He gained notoriety in Australia after standing trial and being found…


Legacy of the Controversial Cardinal George Pell

Commentary Cardinal George Pell was a paradoxical figure. His life and work will give ammunition to those who admired him and those who hated him, as we see in the conflicting articles about him in the media. While he rightly deserved criticism for his treatment of a number of victims of child abuse, he was…


Cardinal George Pell on Final Journey Home to Australia

Cardinal George Pell has been remembered as a man who experienced great suffering at a requiem mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, where Pope Francis gave the final blessing. Cardinal Pell was farewelled on Saturday at the Vatican in the same church where he was ordained in 1966 and where Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s…