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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

Christian Sinners & “Puritanical” Fanaticism (Reply to Calvin #5)

This is a marvelously apt, on-target description of a particular corruption of certain notorious Christian sinners ... of God are made subservient to ambition, not to charity; where many things are do... read more

Seeking God’s Grace-Filled Healing for Sex-Abuse Victims

It seems a lot of attention during the current sex-abuse scandals ... why God had let this happen to me. I felt abandoned by the One who was supposed to love me most, the One to whom I had been close ... read more

The Scandal of Oscar Romero’s God

“The church must not only denounce what is wrong but must also announce hope,” he said. Romero longed to see a whole country made up of whole people who participate in a glorious, physical communion o... read more

A new Mormon temple rises in Ben Franklin’s Philadelphia

Photo courtesy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints PHILADELPHIA (RNS ... stories to pray and meditate in the temple’s Celestial Room, that they are drawing ever close to God. “It’s buil... read more

Guest opinion: Martyred archbishop will be new American saint

The sex abuse scandal by priests in the Catholic church in recent years has caused much sadness. That men committed to serve the people as representative of God, have committed ... church has had its ... read more

I’m Still Not Going Back to the Catholic Church

After three months of guided meditations and endless God ... church in a certain light. As the scandal raged, one Ash Wednesday, I attended Mass at my comfortable suburban parish and heard the priest ... 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

Will lewd Trump tape about groping be tipping point with conservative Christians?

"The fact is we're all sinners, we all need forgiveness, and God doesn't grade people ... dwarfs any locker room banter," he said. "The clip is unfortunate, but then again, we're not electing saints i... read more

Wisconsin: Bishop of Madison Issues Strong Letter in Response to Abuse Crisis

We are a Church made of sinners ... scandal. And the second mistrust harms the future of the Church, since our future priests are at stake. I said that I was tempted to despair in light of all of this ... 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

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