Article ‘Coherence’ & Coercion The Church helps form consciences, and laypeople are asked to use them to discern what is possible and prudent in political life. By Austen Ivereigh July 21, 2021 Joe Biden Bishops U.S. Catholicism
Article Maxima Culpa The Church should respond to the horror of unmarked graves in Canadian residential schools with apologies, not evasions. By Matt Dinan July 15, 2021 Indigenous Peoples Bishops Pope Francis Death and Dying
Article The New Donatism Targeting the president is a strange way for the bishops to regain an imagined moral purity publicly lost over the past two decades. By John E. Thiel July 5, 2021 Joe Biden Bishops Abortion
Article Pastors, Not Prophets If United States bishops are truly interested in Eucharistic coherence, humility would serve them better than punishing pro-choice politicians. By The Editors July 1, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Joe Biden Bishops
Article Synodality? What’s Synodality? Synodality is essential for recovering the legitimacy of ecclesial spaces. But the U.S. bishops don’t seem to want to consider it. By Massimo Faggioli June 15, 2021 Clericalism Pope Francis Bishops U.S. Catholicism
Article Just Do It? No, Please Don’t. Giving up on the bishops, even when they propose barring Catholic Democrats from Communion, won’t help solve the Church’s problems. By Peter Steinfels June 11, 2021 Joe Biden U.S. Catholicism Bishops