One Parent’s Demand for Justice
When I met David Spotanski at a conference on leadership in the Catholic Church in 2007, my first impression of the Belleville, Ill., native was…
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Had Enough?
The following reflection was adapted from a homily given on the second Sunday of Easter April 11, 2009. Last Sunday there were around 3,000 people…
The Abuse Scandal, Peter’s Denial, and Pointing at the Moon
This homily was given on the Tuesday of Holy Week based on the Gospel reading for the day: Peter’s Denial of Jesus. The text can…
Silent No Longer
In the wake of the scandals, some high-ranking officials in the Catholic church have lumped together pedophilia and homosexuality by suggesting that the presence of…
The Next Crisis?
“This was nothing but a war zone,” said 30-year old Sixto Merced to a local Boston newspaper, “Church was the only place that you could…