They certainly don’t make ecclesiastical punishments like they used to. If you haven’t already heard, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been credibly accused of sexual molesting minors, as well as preying on seminarians and priests for decades. I won’t rehash it all here, but you can read about...
Big news in the Church’s social media landscape. Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, RI (not to be confused with Cardinal Joseph Tobin) has deleted his Twitter account amid a backlash to a few of his recent tweets in response to the Cardinal Theodore McCarrick scandal. Here was his last...
Did this really happen?? A video has been making the rounds that purports to show an incredible Eucharistic miracle: a host levitating during the consecration on live TV in France! But is it real? Here’s what you need to know. First, here’s the video: If you look carefully,...
This is a cool first! If you didn’t know already, Google regularly changes the graphic on their main page to honor people or events. The new graphics are called “Google Doodles” (you can see an archive of all past Doodles here). And today, Google honored a Catholic priest for...
It’s certainly a new world! Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, RI is one of a growing number of clergy who are personally active on Twitter (you can follow him here). We’re not talking about an intern posting announcements, statements, or snippets from his sermons; rather, Bishop Tobin...
Some people are confused about this! Here’s what’s going on. Cardinal Francis Arinze is a beloved prince of the Church, respected very highly around the world. He’s well-known to be an intelligent, articulate, even humorous defender of orthodoxy. Which is why people were a bit surprised to...
