SHORT TAKES NICHOLAS P. CAFARDI An Ambrose of Our Own The people should choose their bishops, just like they used to. There are a number of conclusions one could draw from reading the Vatican...
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SHORT TAKE Nicholas P. Cafardi A Cherished Accommodation WHEN THE BISHOPS SURRENDERED THEIR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY On April 12, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops published “Our First, Most...
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Nicholas P. Cafardi Lagging Behind THE JAY REPORT & THE VATICAN'S LETTER In 2003, the U.S. Catholic bishops' National Review Board put together a request for proposals for two studies of the...
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SHORT TAKE Nicholas P. Cafardi Another Long Lent ABUSE CRISIS RESURFACES IN PHILADELPHIA Last month, three Philadelphia priests were indicted for sexual abuse, and their former vicar for clergy...
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SHORT TAKES Nicholas P. Cafardi The Scandal of Secrecy CANON LAW & THE SEXUAL-ABUSE CRISIS According to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, in the first century AD the Roman...
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Fraternal Correction
Lessons from the Irish Sex-Abuse Crisis
Nicholas P. Cafardi T he Catholic Church in the United States owes its sister church in Ireland a great deal. It was the...
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