"Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations. Although the particular churches possess their own hierarchy ...

He said the church “understood well . . . and also assumed the risks” of such involvement. The confession, if truthful confirms long-held suspicions that Argentina’s Catholic hierarchy ...

said McCarrick's story is a lesson that "the Catholic respect for hierarchy needs to be balanced with a healthy dose of vigilance. All church leaders, whether they lean more conservative or ...