USCCB President Seeks Papal Audience, Answers to Former Nuncio’s Allegations

In an Aug. 27 statement, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston also said that the questions raised by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former nuncio to the United States, in a letter published by two Catholic media outlets “deserve answers that are conclusive and based on evidence.”

Twin Dominicans Strive To Live in Joyful Service

As identical twin sisters, Sister Judith and Sister Maristella Maldonado not only look exactly alike, but as members of the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, they dress alike, wearing that order’s white habit and black veil with white trim.

Portland Archbishop Calls For ‘A Time for Saints’

Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Ore., says the current crisis of sexual abuse within the Church is “a time for saints” in order to “rectify the institutional failures that allow such grave offenses to occur.”

Victims’ Advocate: Information and Who Controls It Are Key to Abuse Crisis

If Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington is forced to resign after last week’s Pennsylvania Grand Jury report raised questions over his handling of abuser priests while head of the Pittsburgh diocese, a leading victims’ advocate believes “many cardinals and bishops would also have to go.”

US Bishops Address “Moral Catastrophe”

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has issued the following statement after a series of meetings with members of the USCCB’s Executive Committee and other bishops.

Papal Theme Is at the Heart of Author’s Story

A dead Dominican priest in outer space, a retired Marine turned priest from Boston recruited to help solve an extra-terrestrial crisis, and a planet earth ravaged by war and environmental destruction. These are all the elements of W.L. Patenaude’s debut novel, “A Printer’s Choice,” just out this month.

Alice McDermott Uses Faith To Give Life to Her Characters

Catholic journal of opinion Commonweal describes writer Alice McDermott as one of America’s greatest living novelists, while The Washington Post, in a review of her latest book, says the Catholic Church “lurks” in all of her stories.