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Uncle Ted McCarrick: Queen Pin of the Lavender Mafia

Many, many priests and bishops knew Theodore McCarrick was a serial molester and yet, somehow, McCarrick got the ultimate appointment to the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., and was elevated to the rank of cardinal.

The Song Remains the Same

The Vatican evidently wants neither to ban nor not ban homosexuals from the priesthood, since it again chose to do neither in a recently-issued document on clerical formation.

U.S. Seminaries: Condition Stabilized

Why have the U.S. bishops seemed none too keen on drawing attention to the Vatican report on the moral and intellectual life of U.S. seminaries?

"I'm Looking Forward to Your Correction"

Yes, Amy, it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind, but when you put pen to paper, please, would you make up your mind?

The Story of a Rejected Candidate for Seminary

IF YOU'RE NOT A "NICE GUY," YOU DON'T HAVE A VOCATION

Jeffrey R. Jackson

The diocesan psychologist requested that I draw a picture of a man, which I did -- wearing a cassock. Then she drew her own picture of a man -- hanging.

The Crisis at Crisis Magazine

SCHMOOZING JUST DOESN'T CUT IT

Michael S. Rose

Many Crisis readers expressed profound displeasure with the original Crisis article on the topic of Michael S. Rose and Goodbye, Good Men.

Picking on the Average Joe Who Stood Up for the Little Guys

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Catholics are sick of excuses and shifting the blame, and want bunker-busting solutions that get to the bottom of the moral and theological squalor.

"Mean" Michael Rose

Michael Rose has suffered "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune."

Why Are They Going After Michael Rose?

DID HE STEP ON THOSE BLUE SUEDE SHOES?

Jay McNally

Certain Catholic publications tend to soft-pedal and even back-pedal on tough subjects, particularly when something might be embarrassing to the hierarchy.