Following McCarrick Report, Pope Francis Vows to End Sexual Abuse
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“Vatican report blamed host of bishops, cardinals and popes for downplaying evidence of misconduct” - Fox
Vatican’s McCarrick report: Three popes looked the other way on sexual abuse claims
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“A long-awaited Vatican report detailing the Catholic Church’s institutional knowledge of sexual abuse allegations against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and the church’s response, was released on Tuesday (Nov. 10).” - RNS
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Catholics in Britain launch campaign against using ESV Bible at mass
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“Some Catholic women in Britain are backing an online petition that urges the Church’s leadership in England and Wales to reverse their decision to use the ‘gender-exclusive’ English Standard Version of the Bible (Catholic edition), instead of the Jerusalem Bible translation, at mass.” - C.Post
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Acton Institute on the Pope's new encyclical: “a familiar mixture of dubious claims, strawmen, genuine insights”
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“Like most social encyclicals, Fratelli Tutti addresses a hodgepodge of topics. These range from detailed analysis of contemporary populism to explorations of the meaning of kindness, reciprocity and gratuitousness…. [it] insists on the need for Christians and others to be open to learning from others.
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The People of Praise, Charismatic Catholics, and Fringe Religious Groups
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“A brief introduction to the charismatic Catholics and People of Praise, in the news now due to Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination.” - CToday
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Is Anglicanism a distinctive middle way or via media between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism?
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“the conception of the Church of England as a half-way house between Rome and John Calvin’s Geneva (or Martin Luther’s Wittenberg) would have been incomprehensible to the English Reformers of the sixteenth century.” - Ref21
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In Name Only
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“So is Biden a ‘Catholic in Name Only’ or just a liberal Catholic or just one of the many Catholics today who reject their church’s teachings about sex, gender, and life? Very likely, Biden exemplifies the current dysfunctional state of American Catholicism. Perhaps he reflects the reality of Catholicism today, in which case he is not “Catholic in name only.” - Veith
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Francis Chan isn't sure what he believes about transubstantiation
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“Chan said it struck him as “almost silly” and even “heretical” to take this view of communion. However, at the urging of his friends and fellow ministry leaders, Hank Hanegraaff and K.P. Yohannan, Chan says he decided to study early church history to discover what they believed about communion, or the Eucharist.” - C. Leaders
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Teen, Carlo Acutis, may become “Patron Saint of the Internet”
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“London-born computer programming teen, Carlo Acutis, is set to be beatified in October 2020.” - Fox
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