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Are married priests on the way?

Chuck White

From: By: Sandro Magister ROME, September 21, 2016 – Pope Francis received in audience a few days ago the Brazilian cardinal Cláudio Hummes, accompanied by the archbishop of Natal, Jaime Vieira Rocha. Hummes, 82, former archbishop of São Paulo and prefect of the Vatican congregation for the clergy, is today the president both of the commission for the Amazon of the episcopal conference of Brazil and of the Pan-Amazonian Network that joins together 25 cardinals and bishops of the surrounding countryside, in addition to indigenous representatives of different local ethnicities. And in this capacity he [Hummes] supports, among others, the … Continue reading Are married priests on the way?

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Breaking the Fangs of the Wicked

Chuck White

I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth. Job 29:16-17 Four decades ago, some men on Guam suffered terrible sexual abuse at the hands of a powerful churchman. For four decades, the men thought that they were alone, that nobody would ever believe them, that nobody really cared. Some churchmen knew, but feared for their own ministries, and did nothing, and said nothing, or perhaps were ignored. Most of the men moved away. Most of the men became strangers … Continue reading Breaking the Fangs of the Wicked