Second Sunday of Advent: Change from the ground up

From Mary M. McGlone in the National Catholic Reporter (USA), 7 December 2019 What's not to love about John the Baptist? Frankly, just about everything if you happen to be the object of his acidic critiques. But John was a big hit among certain folks. Matthew tells us, "Jerusalem, all Judea, and the whole region…

Clericalism at heart of sex abuse crisis, says cardinal

By Junno Arocho Esteves, CNS in THE TABLET, 22 February 2019: The abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is a call for bishops to unmask the deep-seated clericalism that placed protection of the institution of the church above the sufferings of victims, said the head of the council of Latin American bishops. Addressing Pope Francis…