Catholic Bishops
in the news at Slate:
According to documents released today, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the
archbishop of New York, moved nearly $57 million into a cemetery trust
fund in 2007 specifically to shield it from lawsuits by victims of
clergy sexual abuse. The New York Times has the scoop:
[T]he files released Monday contain a letter [Dolan] wrote
to the Vatican in 2007, in which he explained that by transferring the
assets, “I foresee an improved protection of these funds from any legal
claim and liability.”
The Vatican moved swiftly to approve the request, the files
show, even though it often took years to remove known abusers from the
priesthood.
The files also reveal graphic details of the alleged abuse, including new revelations about its magnitude:
Archbishop Listecki released a letter last week warning
Catholics in his archdiocese that the documents could shake their faith
and trying to explain the actions of church leaders while offering
apologies to victims.
“Prepare to be shocked,” he wrote. “There are some graphic descriptions about the behavior of some of these priest offenders.”
Catholic Bishops as recently discussed at Father Z's blog:
From a reader:
When I was in grade school (1990′s), I was taught by a very devout teacher that one should genuflect (kneel?) on both knees with a slight bow of the head when entering/leaving the pew during adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
I have never really seen this any place else, or even heard it
discussed. I don’t recall my grandfather ever doing this, and he spent
at least an hour or more before the Blessed Sacrament each week and went
to grade school in the 1930′s when all but one of his teachers were
nuns. What is the proper way to genuflect before the exposed Blessed
Sacrament? Thanks!
It is possible, even probable, that there were some variations of
practice when the Blessed Sacrament was exposed. Also, conferences of
bishops can, by and large, determine proper practices for Catholics in
their regions. If memory serves, some bishops conferences have
eliminated the distinction of the “double-genuflection” when the Blessed
Sacrament is exposed. FAIL.
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