May 10, 2021
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Fraud was not a factor in the 2020 presidential election results. Nevertheless, despite such determinations, unproved allegations about fraud have continued to be claimed by various sources and precipitated an unprecedented wave of violence and insurrection. Concerns about the integrity of the voting process have also driven states to develop and implement new voting procedures and requirements.
By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Dec 09, 2020
What’s wrong with this picture?
Last month the Vatican released the long-awaited McCarrick Report, providing some (but not all) details about the clerical culture that protected the former cardinal, and serial abuser, Theodore McCarrick.
Last week Pope Francis named Bishop Michael Fisher, an auxiliary of the Washington, DC archdiocese, to head the Diocese of Buffalo.
The Buffalo diocese has been battered for months by legal charges involving cover-ups of sexual abuse.
Bishop Fisher comes from the archdiocese that McCarrick once headed, and served on the chancery staff under the disgraced former cardinal. He was ordained as a bishop by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned after accusations that he had covered up for McCarrick and covered up for other clerics during a previous assignment as Bishop of Pittsburgh.
says. what we ve got, mahony is over there reporting. they paid out $10 million. cardinal mahony from los angeles who oversaw a diocese in which there were several priests who serially yeah. i lived in l.a. for a long time so i can tell you that this broke up my parish that was there in l.a. so when you have this, you have boston. i can t wait if he really does set down cardinal law one thing this pope has done well. on these issues of the papacy, outside of the doctrinal questions, do i think that kind of accountability and what that means for a renaissance of the church or to reconnect catholics here. we ll talk about the church in latin america. as if knitting and tangled history. stick around.
matter to you within the catholic church. well, i really believe that for us to, you know, it s tough to predict. i ll make that a simple statement. what will really matter are what actions pope francis takes over the next 10, 15, 100 days. when we see solid action to publish wrongdoers, when we see men like cardinal mahony admonished, that will true action and that is what will make survivors feel a sense of healing, feel a since of pastoral care by the pope and also will be an indication that children will actually become much safer in the catholic church. let me turn to my panel for a second. i think there are people who look at this issue on left hand and right hand. on one hand he has picked the name of francis of assisi, which is telegraphing i m a reformer. on the other hand, if you look at the pope francis history, there s not a huge indication that he s done anything in terms of leadership on this particular