The story of sex abuse and the Catholic priesthood has itself been abused to malign the Church. A canon lawyer describes the resulting erosion of the rights of priests.
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Behind the high walls and razor wire of American prisons, the most visible and deeply felt deprivation and longing is not just for freedom, but also for fatherhood.
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The Catholic social justice blog These Stone Walls marks nine years of writing from the outer rim. This “truly compelling venue on the Internet” began at a toilet.
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Marking 36 years as a priest, now far from paradise, Father Gordon MacRae writes an inconvenient truth about Holy Orders in Exile: Priesthood is not “Going my Way.”
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If there exists a Catholic priest still in denial about the agenda of SNAP, it’s because he has lived with his head in the sand blind to the threat lying in wait for him.
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An MIT astrophysicist trying to reconcile science with a quest for spiritual truth wrote upon the death of his parents, “I wish I believed.” I believe he just might.
When These … Read More
Joseph Daniel, a prisoner and friend of These Stone Walls, set out to honor his mother on Mothers Day, and it became a moving tribute to the bonds of maternal love.
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The Catholic League is a lone vindicator on the front lines of the culture wars. Its mission is to defend your Catholic voice in the public square, and mine too.
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Have there been saints who were thrown into prison? Father Gordon MacRae asked Father George David Byers to answer this with pictures of his Missionary of Mercy trip to … Read More
Jonathan Edward Grover died in Scottsdale Arizona just before his 49th birthday. His role in the case against Father Gordon MacRae leaves many unanswered questions.
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Father Gordon MacRae updates readers on the GTL ‘Inspire’ Tablet, some Concord prison blues, his theatrical debut, and other news alerts from These Stone Walls.
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The Divine Mercy movement and the ministry of the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy changed everything behind These Stone Walls and set us on course to freedom.
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Stone Walls do not a Prison make,
Nor Iron bars a Cage;
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for an Hermitage.
If I have freedom in my Love,
And in my soul am free,
Angels alone that soar above,
Enjoy such Liberty.
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