• Feed the Lambs

    “But whoever shall offend these little ones……”

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  • Starve the Beast

    “For whoever exalts himself……”

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  • The Library

    Ignorance is no excuse.

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  • The Intangibles

    Finding spirituality and morality outside of the Church.

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  • My Catholic Life

    How a “good Catholic girl” finally stumbled upon the truth.

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An Introductory Word

NEWS: 

April 16th: Pope stands firm on reforming “radical feminist” U.S. nuns Reuters (includes video)

April 7th: Priest cases show abuse issues persist: Joliet Diocese has struggled to fulfill its public promise to better protect children, records show  Chicago Tribune

Childhood and recent photos of David Rudofski

David Rudofski, one brave and determined survivor

April 7th: SNAP members praise Cardinal George’s handling of Joliet abuse case Chicago’s WBBM News Radio (CBS)

April 6th: Solving the sex abuse crisis: Experts craft a to-do list for Pope Francis  WorldNews (NBC News)

April 5th: Argentina’s Bishops Delayed Abuse Plan: Under Pope Francis, Then Top Cardinal, Country’s Clergy Missed Vatican Deadline to Create Guidelines Wall Street Journal 

April 5th: Joliet Diocese did not detail priest’s past, hospital says Chicago Tribune

March 21st: Files detail decades of abuse in Joliet Diocese Chicago Tribune

 

 

 

UPCOMING CONFERENCES:

SNAP World Conference
Dublin, Ireland
April 26-28, 2013
More info….

SNAP Annual Conference
Washington, D.C.
July 26-18, 2013
More info…..

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…..

March 19th: Pope Francis Inauguration 2013

Pope Francis kisses a child held up by a man

Have these men learned nothing?

 

Pope Francis on throne gets ringed

The Cycle Continues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 18: First Greek Orthodox Leader in Thousand Years to Attend Pope’s Inaugural Mass

March 15: Victim Advocacy Group Wants Meeting With the Pope

A group of survivors and their supporters holding a press conference

Outside the Archdiocese of Chicago offices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 11th: On Eve of Conclave, Record Criticism of Church for its Handling of Sexual Abuse Cases.  

A stone statue overlooks black smoke from Vatican chimney

Seeing through the Roman Catholic smog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 8th:

Ratzinger and Gaenswein on a walk

World Exclusive from Chi Magazine – Joseph Ratzinger takes a stroll with Georg Gaenswein on the grounds of Castel Gandolfo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 7th: Abuse victims’ group names preferred picks for next pope

March 6th: Priest abuse victims’ group blacklists 12 cardinals for pope

bishops and cardinals seated in a group

Cardinals in scarlet; Archbishops in fushia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 5th: Americans nix conclave briefing; concern of leaks 

U.S. cardinals saluted by Swiss Guard at Vatican

U.S. Cardinals enter the Good Ol’ Boys’ Club

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 4th: Vatican Corruption

February 27th: Two Popes, One Secretary by Andrew Sullivan

Joseph and Georg

Georgeous Georg assists Joseph in arranging his veil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 26th:  Pope Benedict leaves amid a holy mess at the Vatican

February 25th:

Cardinal Keith O'Brien

Cardinal Keith O’Brien resigns