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Statement on Universal Norms |
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The Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith published today the new
“Norms concerning the most serious crimes”. These norms are now
universal law of the Church. I welcome them and thank the Holy Father
for having given the universal Church a set of norms that will help me
and every bishop to fulfill our responsibilities, especially regarding
the handling of allegations of sexual abuse of children and minors by
clerics.
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Campers detect fun at McGann-Mercy H.S. |
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 They worked the crime scene, analyzing footprints and handwriting samples, dusting for fingerprints, and interviewing suspects to figure out who committed the crime. These weren’t local law enforcement professionals, though — they were kids participating in a crime scene investigation camp at McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School here.
The camp was part of McGann-Mercy’s first summer enrichment camp series, three weeklong sessions for children ages 8-11 from local public and Catholic schools...
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"The Pope’s Duty": Faith and New Works |
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Bishop William Murphy's Column for The Long Island Catholic
In his refreshing and insightful book, The Difference God Makes,
Cardinal Francis George explores the many ways God has become
problematic in a modern, secularized society such as ours. At the root
of this is that if God exists, then we cannot ignore Him. But the
secular model has trouble admitting God because He seems a threat to
human freedom. Either He can make demands on us or He cannot. Nietzsche
saw this and demanded that God be annihilated. The secular world is not
always that extreme but what the secular world does is to attempt to
“tame God.” And in so doing the secular world must also tame or defeat
any who speak in the name of God and who thus might pose an alternative
to the culture they are seeking to make normative for us all.
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