Justice and Charity

This has been a painful time for Legionaries. It is only recently that we learned of the misdeeds of Father Marcial Maciel, our founder, who we now know fathered a daughter.

People would like the Legion to tell them everything — now. We can’t do that because we simply don’t know everything.

The nature of these things is such that it will take sorting out carefully over time.

In all cases, the Legion intends to do what must be done: Deal with each case in justice and charity.

Please bear with Legionaries as we all try to process this information.

The Legion of Christ is preparing materials to inform the Church and the public about all of this. Watch NCRegister.com for news.

For now, I want to thank so many people for the words of consolation and support for Legionaries at this time.

Your encouragement has meant so much to us.

I’m also grateful for those who have expressed their indignation and their hurt. I know that it comes from their concern for the Church we all love so well, and which the Register is dedicated to serving.

The Trojan FOCA

While the U.S. bishops’ conference and pro-life organizations are strenuously fighting the Freedom of Choice Act, there seems to be an effort to bring the proposed law about through other legislation.

To Crown a Catholic King

The British Parliament is reexamining a 300-year-old law banning Catholics from the throne. According to one Catholic MP, ‘many of us feel that this is not only a profound insult to our faith but an indefensible relic of a time long gone.’ But some think there are other agendas at work, such as a push for secularization.

Same-Sex Surrogacy Mess

The implication for the future of marriage laws in the U.S. is “frightening,” according to an attorney representing a woman fighting for custody for a daughter she had when she was in a lesbian relationship.