Pope Francis facing the crisis. The Muslim Times has the best collection for personal religion as opposed to organized religion for the 21st century, with focus on Islam and Christianity. We also have the best collection on interfaith tolerance

Source: Foreign Affairs

By Massimo Faggioli, who is a Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University and the author of Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century.

Why a New Wave of Sexual Abuse Revelations Has Deepened Preexisting Divisions

The Catholic Church is facing its most serious crisis in 500 years. In these last few months, a new wave of clerical sexual abuse revelations left the world in shock. From Australia to Chile to Germany to the United States, horrifying reports revealed thousands of cases of child molestation by members of the clergy. One U.S. grand jury report documented1,000 children abused by 300 priests in the state of Pennsylvania alone over seven decades.

The new wave of revelations in 2018 was disturbing not only because it exposed the persistence of abuse but also because it implicated high level church officials in the abuse and its cover-up. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, resigned from the College of Cardinals in July when credible accusations came to light that he had sexually abused a minor and harassed seminarians he supervised. The McCarrick revelations were particularly troubling because the former archbishop had played a leadership role in the Catholic Church’s response to the last U.S. clerical sexual abuse scandal in 2002. In late August, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former papal diplomat, published a letter accusing Pope Francis of knowing about McCarrick’s sexual abuses for years and helping to cover them up. Viganò concluded by calling on the pope to resign.

Read more

Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century

Deciding to Leave: The Last Straw that Broke a Catholic’s Back!

Why it’s so hard to hold priests accountable for sex abuse

If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins!

Americans are depressed and suicidal because something is wrong with our culture

Videos: Let Joel Osteen Breathe Hope, Optimism and Success in Your Life

What Can a Quarter of Unaffiliated US Population Find in Islam?

Father testifies in Australian court cardinal abused son

How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God

World Leading Christian Apologist, William Lane Craig Always Presents God of Islam and Judaism

24 Video lectures: The Great Courses: How Jesus Became God?

Video: The most famous Christian apologist, William Lane Craig, accepts there is no Trinity in the Old Testament

Book Review: The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession

Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran

A Message of Compassion and Love from the Holy Bible