Day: February 4, 2022

‘He’s Gone …’

John was lying in a hospital, paralyzed and in a coma. His lips couldn’t move, his eyes couldn’t blink, and not a part of his body could move in protest when he heard the doctors saying to each other, “He’s gone … nothing more can be done for him.” Anointing of the sick John had […]

Convicted priest dies in jail; suicide likely (Pillar)

Robert McWilliams former priest serving a prison term for child sexual abuse, died on February 4 in an apparent suicide. McWilliams was a priest of the Cleveland diocese, who in 2021 pleaded guilty to federal charges of child exploitation and child trafficking. We was laicized later the same year.,

Top Vatican diplomat leaves Taiwan mission (Pillar)

Father Arnaldo Sanchez Catalan, who has been serving as the Vatican’s chargé d’affaires in Taipei, has been named the apostolic nuncio to Rwanda; he will be ordained as an archbishop next week as he takes on his new assignment. Although the diplomatic transfer was made without fanfare, it has important implications, because for years Archbishop-designate […]

German ‘Synodal Path’ endorses ordination of women (CNA)

A Synodal Assembly of the German Catholic Church has voted overwhelmingly to endorse a call for the ordination of women, setting the stage for a direct confrontation with the Vatican and the universal Church. Sweeping aside objections from a minority of participants, the Synodal Assembly voted by 174 to 30 to approve a statement that: […]