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They may call it a "microaggression" but when an offense is weaponized to destroy someone's career, that's a MACRO problem. This man in Massachusetts, Vito Perrone, was offered a job as a school superintendent, but the offer was rescinded because he offended a couple of gals in charge of hiring when he used the term "ladies" to address the females. There used to be a time when the proper and gentlemanly thing to do would be to call women "ladies" but in 2023 it's a "microaggression" and keep you out of a job. In an attempt to negotiate a higher...

[Catholic Caucus] A Tale of Two Priests Dignity Detroit vs True Devotion On Sunday, Fr. Victor Clore, a priest in the archdiocese of Detroit under the authority of Abp. Allen Vigneron, offered Mass for the Detroit chapter of Dignity.  Dignity is a pro-LGBT group that opposes Church teaching on the meaning and purpose of human sexuality and was officially condemned by the Church in 1986.  But that has not stopped Clore. The longtime Detroit priest has supported Dignity for at least 25 years.    In 1995, he published an article for the Michigan Catholic praising Dignity and referring to Church teaching on...

Unmarked buildings, quiet legal help for accused priests Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in this tiny Midwestern town as they were escorted into a dingy warehouse across from an elementary school playground. Neighbors had no idea some of the dressed-down clergymen dining at local restaurants might have been accused sexual predators. They had been brought to town by a small, nonprofit group called Opus Bono Sacerdotii. For nearly two decades, the group has operated out of a series of unmarked buildings in rural Michigan, providing money, shelter, transport, legal help and other support to hundreds, perhaps...