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“I call on every man in the Diocese of Arlington to search his heart and renew his commitment to purity. I call on every husband and father to renew his sacred commitment to his wife and children.” - Arlington Bishop Paul Loverde ARLINGTON, VA, March 7, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The growth of pornography use, particularly on the internet, is “a matter of utmost urgency for every son and father today,” Bishop Paul Loverde of the Catholic diocese of Arlington, Virginia said in a letter to his flock released this week. Titled “Bought with a Price: Every Man’s Duty to Protect...

Arlington, Va. (AP) - Some big changes are coming for Roman Catholics in Northern Virginia. Arlington Bishop Paul Loverde said girls and women will now be allowed to serve at the altar in parishes. For years, that's been the case everywhere in the country except for two locations: Lincoln, Nebraska, and Arlington. The Arlington Diocese only allowed females to serve in places like hospitals, nursing homes and colleges, but some parishes now want that option, Loverde added. Also, the bishop said two churches, including Saint Lawrence in Alexandria, will be allowed to celebrate the 1962 Latin Mass. Loverde is the...

What happened? On August 5, 2005 Bishop Paul Loverde suspended Fr. Joseph Clark without notice and without serious cause. Why? On Sunday, July 24 Fr. Clark celebrated the 11:00 a.m. Mass at Holy Family Church in Dale City assisted by a permanent deacon who committed serious liturgical abuses in handling the Precious Blood. After Mass, Father attempted to correct and instruct the deacon who was unreceptive. Father told him in the future he would not permit him to assist if the abuse continued. How did the deacon respond? A few days later Fr. Robert Avella, the Bishop’s Delegate for Clergy,...

WASHINGTON DC, USA, December 2 (CNA) - A pro-life group has called it "a scandal" that a woman who claims to have been raised a Catholic has taken the helm of the country's largest pro-abortion organization.The American Life League is dismayed by the recent appointment of Nancy Keenan as president of NARAL. "For a woman who was taught to respect all innocent human beings, it is a scandal that Ms. Keenan has agreed to lead such an anti-life, anti-Catholic organization," said the American Life League in a statement. "The Catholic Church does not waver in its teaching that the act...

      Home  |  About  |  Campaigns  |  Contact  |  Friends  |  Press  |  Search  Before you explore any other pages on our site– RCF's Newsletter, A.M.D.G. Guest Book / Feedback Read our philosophy statement How to become a member Make a donation Past news items Search our site Contact us  The Outsider Father Haley And “The Boy’s Club” by Mark Fellows(reprinted from the Catholic Family News)For years governments have had laws protecting whistle-blowers. These laws shield from retaliation those employees who come forward with evidence of illegal or immoral practices within their agency. The case of Father James Haley...

Virginia’s Arlington Diocese, one of the nation’s most conservative, is still trying to recover from its recent battle over a program to protect children from sexual abuse, a battle that pitted angry parents against secretive diocesan employees—many Catholic parents saw the program as graphic, un-Catholic, and inappropriate for children while the bishop’s office said otherwise. The latter lost the fight—for now. Bishop Paul Loverde picked instead a program for adults but left the door open for the re-introduction of an abuse-prevention program for children. The struggle, one that is taking place in many dioceses in the nation, is not over....

"Catechesis" on Liturgy varies widely in US dioceses Cardinal Jorge A. Medina Estévez's letter of October 25, 2001 to the USCCB, commenting on proposed American Adaptations to the IGMR, said the following: "In cases where the Conference of Bishops is to legislate, such legislation should be truly specific, and the law intends precisely that any particular episcopal legislation on these matters be enacted in common by the Bishops of the Conference rather than being left to be determined variously in different dioceses". At present, different interpretations of liturgical rules from one diocese to another -- a "balkanization" of the Church...

Whistle-Blower Priest in Trouble With Diocese Arlington, Va. (AP) - A priest who exposed sexual misconduct of fellow clergy members at three northern Virginia parishes is facing unspecified charges within the Catholic church that supporters fear could lead to his defrocking. Meanwhile, a national conservative Catholic group is rallying to support the priest, James R. Haley. They say Haley, who has been on leave for a year, should be rewarded rather than punished for his actions and blame Arlington Bishop Paul Loverde for his treatment of Haley. "Father Haley is being punished for exposing corruption," said Stephen Brady, president of...