Catholic Digest

Saints and Abominable Snowmen

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Footprints. Giant footprints — like those of an elephant, but made by a beast with only two legs. Many people saw these prints in the snow on the slopes of Mt. Everest, starting at around 20,000 feet. Just the sight of them was enough to...

The saint who faced a mob

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT

From miles away you could see the smoke rising over English towns. You had to be closer to hear the screams and cries of the victims. In one place after another — Lynn, Stamford, Norwich, Bury St. Edmunds, York, and many others, &ldq...

Advent prayers and homemade guitars

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Thanksgiving afternoon, I stood shivering in our unheated garage, wishing I had brought ear protection. And a coat.

Across from me my son, Mike, was bent over our makeshift worktable slicing his w...

More ghost stories: It’s the readers’ turn

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Faces without bodies floating in a dining room…a commanding voice from nowhere that saves a woman’s life…a visit from a deceased loved one…Catholic Digest readers share their responses to last m...

Ghost stories

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

“Watch out, the stones are loose there.” My son, Mike, a few steps ahead of me, was leading the way through the steep ravine to where the rushing brook gurgled and splashed around the rocks on its way down the mountain. I reach...

When Ruth & Dan got married

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

They got married in a different time. A time before cameras were always as close as one’s cell phone, a time when hard drives crammed with digital images weren’t even part of science fiction.

Now it’s the readers’ turn…

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMT

“Do we really want to do this?” That question kept rolling in my mind as the Catholic Digest editorial team prepared the Special Report on the sex abuse scandal for the July-August issue.

The clergy sex abuse crisis: What you need to know

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In our July/August issue, Catholic Digest asked 38 crucial questions about the clergy sex abuse crisis responded to by e-mail by Teresa Kettelkamp, executive director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops&rsq...

Mark Chopko’s 2010 letter on how Church has handled the sex abuse crisis

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In 1992 Mark Chopko, then the General Counsel for the United States Catholic Conference, sent a letter to Catholic Digest’s sister publication Today’s Parish about how the Church was re...

Should the Charter change?

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, the U.S. bishops’ guidelines for addressing allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, is due for review in November and priests from across...

Mark Chopko’s 1992 letter on how the Church has handled the sex abuse crisis

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In 1992 Mark Chopko, then the General Counsel for the United States Catholic Conference, sent the following letter to Catholic Digest’s sister publication Today’s Parish about how the C...

The Clergy Sex Abuse Crisis

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

What you need to know, what we can do, and how to cope.

Clergy Sexual Abuse and the Pope by Dan Connors