Category Archives: bishops

Nobody In Newark Talking

Posted on 6 May 2013 by

More heat in New Jersey. And a question: is Archbishop Myers a liar? Mark Silk raises this question at RNS. This is bad, bad, bad, and getting worse for the Newark archbishop. From the archdiocesan web page: Following the Memorandum … Continue reading →

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Winners and Losers in the College

Posted on 5 May 2013 by

I think we’re getting a flow of truth from one area in the upper hierarchy. Rock‘s Twitter feed had this link to Cardinal João Braz de Aviz’s displeasure with the lack of communication in the LCWR-CDF dust-up. Another good example … Continue reading →

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What A Difference A Week Makes

Posted on 5 May 2013 by

What is the truth? Regarding the legal and professional agreement of the service of Michael Fugee, the official position of the Archdiocese of Newark, as of 28 April 2013: (Archdiocesan spokesperson Jim) Goodness denied the agreement had been breached, saying the … Continue reading →

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Consequences

Posted on 5 May 2013 by

The Fugee fallout in the Trenton diocese hits a parish. And I offer these illustrative points of comparison: Two lay people who were friends of Michael Fugee and who engaged his participation on a youth retreat: fired. Pastor who employed … Continue reading →

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More Myers and Fugee

Posted on 3 May 2013 by

Interesting developments in New Jersey. RNS recounts it as Fugee out, Myers still in. The full piece is in NJ.com: The Rev. Michael Fugee, who attended youth retreats and heard confessions from minors in defiance of a lifetime ban on such … Continue reading →

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Two More Weeks

Posted on 1 May 2013 by

June 21st will be the start of another run on freedom. It will be the start of the Fortnight For Freedom, 2013 edition. During the Fortnight, our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs who remained faithful in the … Continue reading →

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Bishop Arthur O’Neill

Posted on 30 April 2013 by

I see one of my bishops has died. My recollection of him was his endorsement and participation in the North American Forum’s 1989 Beginnings and Beyond Institute in the Rockford Diocese. He stood next to me in the choir. He … Continue reading →

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More Heat for +Myers

Posted on 30 April 2013 by

It’s coming at the archbishop on many fronts. North New Jersey parents are ticked off. A wayward priest, forgiven by his archbishop, was with their kids. This is predictable, and justifiable anger. It’s complete craziness that the church can let … Continue reading →

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Interdict?

Posted on 28 April 2013 by

So … when the Vatican says it won’t ordain any bishops for a country until an investigation is complete, is it something like an “episcopal interdict?” Cardinal Marc Ouellet, head of the Congregation for Bishops, has communicated his office will not … Continue reading →

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Is Newark the Next Kansas City?

Posted on 28 April 2013 by

Rock has this piece on his Twitter feed today. It doesn’t look good for Archbishop Myers in New Jersey. A priest of his archdiocese entered into a binding legal agreement to avoid a retrial for criminal sexual contact. (He) would … Continue reading →

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More on LCWR/CDF

Posted on 19 April 2013 by

I was pondering another post on the LCWR-CDF dust-up. Honestly, I didn’t think there was anything more to say about it. It seems to be in the hands of the bishops and the sisters. I think the bishops are in … Continue reading →

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Homeless Jesus

Posted on 19 April 2013 by

What the cathedrals in Toronto and New York rejected, was accepted at a Jesuit school of theology at the University of Toronto. The artist: It was very upsetting because the rectors liked it, but when it got to the administration, … Continue reading →

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Archbishop Chaput On The Job

Posted on 17 April 2013 by

David Gibson at RNS gave a teaser for an Archbishop Chaput piece in Catholic Philly here. The RNS comment: Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput is also known as a straight-talking fellow, and God bless him for telling it like is. And … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis and the LCWR

Posted on 16 April 2013 by

The tables of schadenfreude (what a great word!) have turned with the news of the papal endorsement of the CDF witchhunt on the LCWR. It was likely too much to expect a new pope to pull the plug on the Rodé/Levada/Dolan fiasco. … Continue reading →

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Curia Reform Commission

Posted on 13 April 2013 by

Would you feel at ease with Pope Francis’ eight picks to look into curial reform? Three cardinals from the Americas, one each from North, Central, and South. A German and an Italian represent Europe. One red hat each from Africa, Asia, … Continue reading →

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