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Pope Francis Vows to End Sexual Abuse After McCarrick Report

November 12, 2020November 11, 2020 The Associated Press

Pope Francis pledged Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decadeslong church cover-up of his sexual misconduct.

The Vatican report blamed a host of bishops, cardinals and popes for downplaying and dismissing mountains of evidence of McCarrick’s misconduct starting in the 1990s — but largely spared Francis. Instead, it laid the lion’s share of the blame on St. John Paul II, a former pope, for having appointed McCarrick archbishop of Washington in 2000, and making him a cardinal, despite having commissioned an inquiry that found he had slept with seminarians.

Where Does Joe Biden Actually Stand with the Catholic Church?

August 9, 2020August 8, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

CNN and reporters called 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden a “devout Catholic” Thursday after President Donald Trump said the former vice president would “hurt the Bible, hurt God.”

Biden has frequently referenced his Catholic faith throughout his political career, describing his faith as “the bedrock foundation” of his life. The former vice president also supports policies that are explicitly opposed to Catholic teaching, such as abortion and same-sex marriage.

Commentary: The Church Collaborates in Its Own Destruction

June 22, 2020June 21, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

One might think the Catholic Church would stand against the orgy of iconoclasm that we are witnessing across the country — toppled statues, defaced churches, and the like. But, no, the feeble voices of priests and bishops join the creepy chorus of the mob. In California, the mob has targeted statues of Junipero Serra, the saintly Franciscan who spread the faith through a system of missions. Where is the Church to protect the statues? Nowhere. In Ventura, where the mob demands the removal of a Serra statue in front of its city hall, the Church has gone along with it.

Largest Catholic Church in North America Suspends All Masses Until ‘Further Notice’

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

The largest Catholic church in North America suspended all masses and confessions until “further notice” Friday.

Commentary: The Catholic Church and Illegal Immigration

January 31, 2020January 30, 2020 Michigan Star Staff

At the age of 40, I converted to Catholicism. A friend of mine at the time, also Catholic, told me her rule when entering the confessional booth: “Be brief, be blunt, and be gone.”

Archbishop Hebda Feeds Shepherd to the Wolves for Criticizing Islam

January 31, 2020January 30, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis publicly rebuked one of his priests for criticizing Islam during a recent homily.

Diocese of Grand Rapids Supports Priest Who Refused Communion to Gay Judge

December 2, 2019December 1, 2019 Anthony Gockowski

The Diocese of Grand Rapids is standing by a priest who is refusing Holy Communion to a popular judge in the area because she is in a same-sex marriage.

The Roman Republic of 1849: Lessons from a Five-Month Country

July 7, 2019July 6, 2019 Admin

by Lawrence W. Reed The ancient Roman Republic endured for half a millennium before it collapsed into the imperial autocracy we know as the Roman Empire. But did you know there was another Roman Republic only 170 years ago? That second one was much smaller—the city of Rome itself…