Article A Reset With Rome, But Not at Home The Vatican may welcome the normalcy of a Biden presidency, but the reaction of U.S. bishops highlights the partisan divide in the Catholic Church. By Massimo Faggioli November 23, 2020 Joe Biden Bishops U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis
Article The Double Agent McCarrick was both a product and a manipulator of a system of clericalism that desperately needs to be overhauled. By David Gibson November 13, 2020 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis Clericalism
Article What to Make of the McCarrick Report? Lessons from an investigation years in the making By Peter Steinfels November 11, 2020 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis Clericalism
Article Cardinal Becciu, and Beyond What might the firing of the powerful prelate signify about Francis’s approach to curial reform? By Massimo Faggioli October 1, 2020 Pope Francis Bishops Foreign Affairs
Article Taking Freedom Too Far The USCCB’s opposition to the pro-LGBTQ Supreme Court ruling shows a disregard for human dignity and promotes a counterfeit version of religious liberty. By Chris Damian July 13, 2020 LGBTQ issues U.S. Catholicism Bishops Supreme Court
Article Trump’s Language of Hate The purported benefits of Cardinal Dolan’s friendliness with Trump ring hollow in light of Trump’s vitriolic hatred of anyone different from himself. By John Connelly July 7, 2020 U.S. Catholicism Bishops Donald Trump