KTF News – Missouri to investigate Catholic Church for Sexual AbuseWatch this video on YouTube Photo by ASTRO V/SUAL on Unsplash Transcript of this video Source References Missouri to investigate potential sexual abuse in Catholic church

America Magazine: “Stand up and be counted.” In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections, one might find this pithy phrase in the voter guides produced by the Christian Coalition, American Family Association or other evangelical political action groups that…

CNS News: During her keynote speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner on Thursday, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said that while the Catholic Church is taking action to address the “moral failing” of the sexual abuse scandal, the church…

KTF News – Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report Exposes Systemic Abuse by PriestsWatch this video on YouTube Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay Transcript of this video Source References I Am a Catholic Priest Who Was Sexually Abused by…

CNN: On Thursday we learned that federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania have taken a step long-sought by survivors of clergy sexual abuse: They launched a federal investigation into the Catholic Church. Seven of Pennsylvania’s eight dioceses told CNN that they have received…

KTF News – Cardinal McCarrick Resigns Amid Child Abuse AllegationsWatch this video on YouTube Image: Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)www.swiss-image.ch/Photo by Andy Mettler [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], wikimedia.org Transcript of this video Source References Pope accepts resignation of D.C.-area Cardinal…

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, chairman of the German bishops’ conference, personally apologized Tuesday for “failure and pain” following an extensive report that German clergy had abused thousands of children between 1946 and 2014. “For too long in…

“[The U.S. state of] Missouri is launching an investigation of potential sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic archdiocese of St Louis, state attorney general Josh Hawley said. “The announcement follows the bombshell report in Pennsylvania confirming even more widespread sexual…

Many members of the Catholic Church thought the sexual abuse crisis was mostly in the past. This certainly has been the Church’s intent, at least in word. But it is again in the spotlight in the Pennsylvania grand jury report….

“By most accounts, Pope Francis was elected with a mandate to reform the Roman Curia- the complex network of dicasteries, commissions, and councils charged with the central administrative work of the Catholic Church – a network that, even to insiders…

KTF News – Paul Ryan says America needs CatholicismWatch this video on YouTube Image: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], commons.wikimedia.org Transcript of this video Source References Paul Ryan says America needs Catholicism weeks…

“The [Catholic] Church has consistently taught that the state has the authority to use the death penalty. But, in recent years, popes and bishops have become more vocal in calling for an end to its use. Many Catholics instinctively favor…