The Moynihan Letters

Monday, February 11, 2019, #2 McCarrick and After Insistent rumors have been circulating today that a judgment regarding the sexual abuse allegations against former Cardinal Theodore "Ted" McCarrick, 88, will be announced by Rome tomorrow. The rumor is that he will be found guilty of having sexually abused minors, and laicized. Whether or not this is [...]

Monday, February 11, 2019 The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI Today is the 6th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's February 11, 2013 announcement, on the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes, that he had decided, after much prayer and reflection, to resign from the papacy. When I first heard the news that morning, I could [...]

Thursday, January 24, 2019 The Controversy over the Orthodox Church in Ukraine The debate over the government of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine continues. A report (below) — out today in Moscow, Russia — says that the imminent enthronement of the new head of the autocephalous Orthodox Church, Yepifaniy Dumenko, 39 — something supported by Ukraine's [...]

Thursday, January 17, 2019 “We choose Alfie Evans, who died in England on April 28, just before his second birthday (it would have been on May 9), as our “Person of the Year.” We choose him to represent all children who suffer from neglect, hard-heartedness, and sexual abuse — all forms of lack of love.” —from [...]

Join Us On #GivingTuesday! Dear Friends, I hope everyone had a joy-filled Thanksgiving day weekend with their family and friends. This was my first holiday without my beloved mother. My family gathered with my father to give thanks for our many years together. It is now the evening of "Giving Tuesday." The day was established in [...]

November 19, 2018, Monday “After leaving Succoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or [...]

November 18, 2018, Sunday “They seek their own interests, not the interests of Jesus Christ; they proclaim His word, but spread their own ideas.” —St. Augustine (354-430 A.D.), referring to heretical theologians during the late 4th and early 5th centuries. The words are cited by Catholic theologian Fr. Nicola Bux in an October 13 interview on [...]

November 13, 2018, Tuesday "All the faithful of Christ, of whatever rank or status, are called to the fullness of the Christian life and to the perfection of charity."—St. Paul VI (canonized by Pope Francis on October 14, in Rome. Paul (1897-1978, Pope from 1963 to 1978). This teaching, referred to as the "universal call" of [...]