As the case of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, continues to open up, we now see a decree from the bishop silencing a monsignor who testified in a sexual molestation trial in 1994. Was it retaliation for testifying or was it for some... [Continue Reading]

St. Luke Films, the people who brought you some amazing one-actor plays that you may have seen on EWTN, have produced a motion picture on the life of St. Therese of Lisieux. I spoke with Leonardo DeFilippis, the man behind the St. Luke’s, a... [Continue Reading]

A friend tells me a story of Fr. Robert Bullock, pastor in Sharon, Mass., organizer of the Boston Priests Forum, and favorite of reporters seeking quotes from priests critical of the Church. My friend tells me of his friend. This fellow was a church... [Continue Reading]

There’s a group of abuse victims out there who are very critical of the media coverage of the Scandal. They have set up a web site called “Promoting Accurate Reporting on the Crisis in the Church”. Their primary thesis seems to be... [Continue Reading]

There is an interesting web site called Catholic Just War. They posit, as I do, that the conditions for a just war in Iraq likely exist. I don’t know who the people are behind the web site, and the information there is a little scant, but they... [Continue Reading]

The Supreme Court has ruled that a federal law designed to stop mobsters was improperly used against pro-lifers. It’s not just pro-lifers who are celebrating, though. All kinds of people who like to protest thought the courts had gone too far... [Continue Reading]

Please excuse the lack of posts today. I was struck down suddenly by a nasty stomach bug yesterday afternoon and have spent the last 24 hours in bed. I have a backlog of things to say and comment on, but I don’t know when I’ll get to it... [Continue Reading]

It comes as no surprise to anyone, but the lawyers are already circling in the Rhode Island nightclub fire tragedy. One lawyer said he got a phone call as early as Friday morning. The fire started Thursday night at 11 pm. That means calling a lawyer... [Continue Reading]

A good friend, Zoe Romanowsky, has joined the HMS Blog as a contributor. Zoe and I went to Franciscan University together. She lived downstairs from me at my first apartment. Once we got snowed in together in Passaic, New Jersey, as we traveled back... [Continue Reading]

Bishop Lennon will announce a plan for spiritual healing of the Archdiocese of Boston to take place during Lent. I think it’s a worthy idea to acknowledge the need for greater holiness for all of us as a solution. One part of the story gives... [Continue Reading]