The Catholic Project

📂 Reopened archives present new findings that challenge accusations against John Paul II in Poland’s abuse debate. Read more ➡️zenit.org/wo29 💬 How can new evidence change historical narratives?

This is not only a beautifully written farewell announcement. This is a beautiful mind leaving one of the most meaningful university projects the Catholic world has every produced. @Stephen_P_White brought research about the abuse crisis on a different, and global - level. You’ll be dearly missed and Godspeed for the next adventure with the Knights! You’re leaving some teammates, especially the great @SaraPerla8 with a great heritage to carry (and not a small void in our Catholic Project hearts) Thank you Steve! Also for making me part of the @CatholicProj - and a semester turned lifetime friendships.

Big news as @CatholicProj inaugural director @Stephen_P_White shares that he is leaving to become director of the nearby St. JPII Shrine. Under White, TCP has been a pivotal contributor to the Church in America, w/ major studies of US priests, child protection initiatives, etc

Some professional news:

Announcement from The Catholic Project - mailchi.mp/4c990992bf6c/t…

Addressing the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors March 16, Pope Leo XIV underlined the importance of preventing abuse in the Church, insisting that such responsibility must be concretely confronted and not delegated. bit.ly/4uB8SyA

The National Study of Catholic Priests, in an edited volume: cuapress.org/9780813240350/…

When the New Things Come Again | Stephen P. White: It is Lent and the crocuses are blooming. The new things are come again. They always do. And it is all gratuity and wonder. It seems to be His way. buff.ly/CF6Iod1

"The seed goes down into the ground. It dies. But then it rises again to bear much fruit. The bulb is buried under dirt and snow and ice. From that death, a glorious new blossom emerges..." thecatholicthing.org/2026/03/19/whe…

Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pray for us!

While the religiously unaffiliated are on the rise globally, something curious is also happening: Some dioceses have reported significant upticks in adults preparing to enter the Catholic Church this Easter. osvnews.com/easter-boom-us…

The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century,” a blow to both Pope Francis’ legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial crimes. apnews.com/article/vatica…

Pope highlights plight of vulnerable adults in abuse and meets with top Opus Dei critic cruxnow.com/vatican/2026/0…

Two witnesses in the case raised new allegations of sexual misconduct by the cardinal. pillarcatholic.com/p/in-defamatio…

“The prevention of abuse is not an optional task, but a constitutive dimension of the mission of the Church.” — Pope Leo XIV to @TutelaMinorum

A major new artwork dedicated to the victims of spiritual and sexual abuse in the church is to be displayed at locations where disgraced priest artist Father Marko Rupnik’s mosaics are still exhibited. catholicreview.org/rebirth-art-pr… #WorldNews

Catholic marriages have fallen 75% (!!) since 1970. David Crawford of the JP2 Institute (and a member of @CLHP_CUA's Advisory Council) notes that whatever ails the wider culture eventually weakens Catholic families. Of course that cultural story is also a legal one — no-fault divorce, the decoupling of marriage from parentage, granting of quasi-legal status to cohabitants, and the list goes on. Further drop in US married households spurs call to action for Church leaders - osvnews.com/further-drop-i…