Michael P. Orsi

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InternacionalIglesia Católica

In a recent report, a United Nations committee excoriated the Catholic Church for its continued failure to implement a 1990 document, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which the Vatican is a signatory, especially with regard to the church’s efforts to prevent child abuse by predator priests.

This comes as no surprise since the United Nations is hostile to Catholicism. The fact of the matter is that the church has made great strides in purging itself of abusers. It now provides one of the world’s safest environments for children.

The panel’s criticisms are sophomoric insofar as they fail to acknowledge the church’s international presence.…  Seguir leyendo »

InternacionalIglesia Católica,

In a recently released interview with a Jesuit journalist, Pope Francis opined that the church’s narrow focus on controversial social issues such as abortion, homosexuality and contraception is getting in the way of the broader Gospel message of God’s mercy. He called upon bishops and pastors, as well as the laity, to be less judgmental.

Of course, Pope Francis assured his interlocutor that he is a loyal son of the church and accepts the church’s teachings on the aforementioned issues.

This addendum, however, is not good enough to mitigate the damage his words have caused for the pro-life movement and those who are trying to defend marriage as being between a man and a woman.…  Seguir leyendo »