Bishop Strickland condemns false schism message (CNA)

“A fabricated and scurrilous message using my image & name is circulating which falsely depicts me making a statement advocating separation from the Catholic Church,” Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler (TX) tweeted after the self-described “Bishops of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate” announced that Bishop Strickland had gone into schism. “I condemn this false use of […]

Northern NY diocese files for bankruptcy (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)

The Diocese of Ogdensburg (NY) has filed for bankruptcy, Bishop Terry LaValley announced on July 17. During a two-year window in which the State of New York revoked the statute of limitations for child sex-abuse suits, 124 lawsuits were filed against the northern New York diocese.

The Dark Side of “Miracle Drugs”

The United States is hooked on a regular regimen of pills, tablets, and capsules. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, during the years 2015–18 some 48.6 percent of people had used at least one prescription drug in the past thirty days. And these figures do not even factor in the use of illicit […]