Banished from the Westchester County rectory where he’d become a beloved pastor at Saint Elizabeth Seton Church, Bishop James McCarthy may take some solace in knowing that his friends have not abandoned him. In fact, they have rallied around him, demanding that the Catholic Church’s leaders here and in Rome account for the injustice they Read More
Thanks to the bungling and sins of the leaders of the Catholic Church in America-who have yet to perform a notable act of public penance for covering up the pedophilia scandal in their midst-any priest found in violation of his vow of celibacy can expect neither mercy nor justice from his superiors. Exhibit A is Read More
The other day, a couple of middle-aged male blowhards who insist on referring to themselves as “Beltway boys” were spouting hot air about the Catholic Church. Life being far too precious to spend time in such company, I can’t say I know much about these bellowing fellows. But I’ve been fascinated, in a car-wreck kind Read More
For those who are outraged at the thuggish behavior of Enron Corp. and the Arthur Andersen accounting firm, it’s good news that the cases are being prosecuted by Michael Chertoff, head of the Justice Department’s criminal division. By indicting Andersen on felony obstruction charges, Mr. Chertoff has shown that he’s not going to let the Read More
During oral arguments in the
Cleveland school-voucher case, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia tried to
make a rhetorical point by asking a question of the plaintiffs’ counsel. What,
the Justice said, should the state of Ohio do about its education crisis in
Cleveland, where poor, mostly minority parents are using vouchers to escape the
city’s Read More
When Cardinal Edward Egan took up residence on Madison Avenue last year, he brought with him a reputation as a fiscal disciplinarian who could bring order to a sprawling and deficit-ridden Archdiocese of New York. He’s lived up to his billing, laying off workers at the archdiocese’s headquarters on First Avenue, scaling back the archdiocesan Read More
Rudolph Giuliani informs us that he is serious about
empaneling a decency commission to rule on matters artistic, and the first
prospective commissioner mentioned in the press is the new Roman Catholic
Cardinal and Archbishop of New York, Edward Egan. His Eminence wisely parried
questions concerning his possible appointment to this prospective panel, but
nobody Read More
