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Scandal in the Church: God made room for sinners as well as saints

One thing the Father knows is people. He gave us a Church that’s as people-proof as any human institution can be. We love the insight that God writes straight with crooked lines. We’re a crooked bunch ... read more

Sinners in the Church & God’s Mercy (vs. Calvin #8)

Had the Corinthians made so little proficiency as to imagine that God was pleased with lasciviousness ... which came under the cognisance of the Church, and produced much scandal. The great difficulty ... read more

Joshua Iginla controversy: When pastors fall from grace

Else it will give room for ... heinous sinners to lead the church? Are they better able to understand the sinner? Certainly not! Our pattern for ministry is the sinless Son of God. read more

In the midst of the sex abuse scandal, what do the People of God want from church hierarchy?

The allegations of abusive behavior made against Cardinal ... the 2000-year arc of the church. But it is in the best interest of the church to act promptly, to avoid, as one speaker put it, “the ... read more

When it comes to prayer, there is no room for individualism, pope says

ROME — Prayer is not just a private and intimate dialogue between a person and God, but rather an opportunity for Christians to bring the needs of others before the Lord, Pope Francis said. “There is ... read more

Truth Is Needed to Free the Church From Sacrilege of Clergy Scandal

Every crisis in the Church is a crisis of saints, and God will respond to infidelity with many graces ... Cardinal Keith O’Brien and Austrian Cardinal Hermann Groer, as well as recent scandals leading ... read more

Satan and the Scandals of the Church

Would he book a room and ... changes to the church. The vast majority of them want the church to do well, despite the suffering that it has caused. I really believe that when God has his way with the ... read more

The scandal may be in not holding funerals for gay spouses, theologians say

Describing homosexuality as an 'objective disorder' and the specious language … about 'not unjust discrimination' of homosexuals … have caused infinitely more scandal than any church funeral for a ... read more

The Scandal of Catholicism and the Lesson to Learn From It

How, then, is the scandalized Christian to respond to a church so clearly comprised of the vilest sinners ... well to remember that belief in God's triumph over sin presupposes the constant presence ... read more

Faced With an Ongoing Sexual-Abuse Crisis, What Are Catholic Parents to Do?

As it has been for decades, the Catholic Church ... t have that big scandal, obviously.” Still, she misses some of the Catholic traditions she grew up with: the songs, the rosary beads, the ... read more

What is the Christian reaction to scandal?

The clerical scandals of 15 years ago revealed ... a possible disheartening failure by him to serve God’s plan for salvation. That plan itself can disorient us, of course. By God’s design, the Church ... read more

Why the Catholic Church needs a Eucharistic response to the sex abuse scandals

“The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church.” With these words of the Lord, stalwart Catholics have sought to dissuade brothers and sisters alienated by the sex abuse scandals ... do not ... read more