Victoria Brownworth

 Mention Catholic schools and you will get a plethora of responses, particularly from those of us who attended them. Comedians have made Catholic schools and the nuns who taught in them a staple of stand up. Yet the fact is, a Catholic school education gets a far worse rap than it deserves.  I’ve told my [...]

Holy Week is the most solemn and reflective period on the Christian calendar. But in the wake of a global sex-abuse scandal, many Catholics are wondering if their church hierarchy is even capable of reflection.  The near-daily revelations about priest sex abuse has Catholics like myself reeling. Reporters were camped outside St. Peter’s Basilica in [...]