Register Daily: Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report: A Reminder of the Toll of Failure

  Can’t see this email properly? [View online](     A Service of EWTN     [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER](   [Donate](  [Subscribe](  [Trending](   [avw.php?zoneid=67&cb=00150818](    [Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report: A Reminder of the Toll of Failure](  By Matthew E. Bunson | The redacted grand jury report on the 70-year history of clergy sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses that was released by the state Attorney General Josh Shapiro Aug. 14 was expected, but it still proved horrifying. Its...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Pope Pius XII and Mary’s August Mysteries](  By Stephanie Mann | On Nov. 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of faith in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus. He proclaimed Aug. 15 a Holyday of Obligation as a Solemnity. Less than four years later,...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Will Pennsylvania be the Wake-Up Call We Finally Heed?](  By Sherry Antonetti | Having read 357 pages of the report so far, my heart howls to heaven and at the walls of my church. I want to cry, “Mountains, fall on us” for such systemic failures to protect the innocent and stop people from perpetuating...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [The Assumption Is a Lesson in the Theology of the Body](  By John M. Grondelski | Summer is, in a lot of ways, the “revelation of the body.” That’s true, even on the most natural level. People wear less. Just peruse the typical woman’s or, even more, teen magazines in April or May. There’s always an...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [The Assumption of Mary: 12 Things to Know and Share](  By Jimmy Akin | August 15 is the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. In the United States, it is a holy day of obligation (in years when it does not fall on a Monday). What is the Assumption of Mary, how did it come to be defined, and what...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [The Assumption Dogma — What We Need to Know](  By Joseph Pronechen | Venerable Pius XII begins Munificentissimus Deus quite unexpectedly, first referring to something troubling him — something rapidly multiplying in our day. Remember, this was 1950. He said his “pontificate is weighed down by...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Biblical Arguments in Support of Mary's Assumption](  By Dave Armstrong | Our Protestant friends in Christ often challenge us to find “proofs” of our doctrines in the Bible. When it comes to the doctrine of the assumption, almost all of them will say: “there is nothing whatever in the Bible...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](         [Marriage, Holy Eucharist and the Communion of Persons](  By John Grondelski | In this 19th week of Ordinary Time, we have reached the midpoint of John’s Eucharistic catechesis. Three Sundays ago, Jesus multiplied the loaves and fishes, reminding us of God’s providential care for even the human needs of...  [Read More](  [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Google Plus One Button](           [fb](  [twit](  [YT](  [Insta](    [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER](  COPYRIGHT © 2018 EWTN NEWS INC.  YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU OPTED IN AT OUR WEBSITE.  EWTN NEWS INC. PO BOX 100‌699 IRONDALE, AL 35‌210  [ADD US TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK]( [unsubscribe](  |  [update my preferences]( [e-newsletters opt out](   Â