Remembering child refugees fleeing conflicts and persecution

Reacting to the words of Pope Francis at his Wednesday General Audience catechesis on the courage of Saint Joseph during times of persecution, Msgr. Robert Vitillo, Secretary General of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) notes how critically important it is today to help modern-day children and their families who forced to flee violence. Read […]

Open Letter to Confused Catholics: Chapter 21

“Neither a Heretic Nor a Schismatic” My statement of November 21, 1974, which triggered off the proceedings of which I have spoken, ended with these words: “In doing so…we are convinced of remaining loyal to the Catholic and Roman Church and to all the successors of Peter, and of being faithful dispensers of the mysteries […]

Former head of diocesan child protection office indicted (Fox 5 DC)

Father Terry Specht, who directed the Diocese Arlington’s Office of Child Protection from 2004 to 2011, is accused of sexually abusing a minor in 2000. The Virginia diocese said in a statement that “two separate allegations were brought to the Diocese of Arlington regarding Father Specht, one in 2012 and the other in 2019. The […]