Article “Tilled too much and kept too little”: An Outline of the Ecology Encyclical? By Michael Peppard March 10, 2015 Pope Francis Environment Ethics Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II
Article Does Method Matter? Some bishops are calling for a new look at the church's teaching on contraception in light of its near-universal lack of reception by the laity. By Lisa Fullam March 9, 2015 U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis Secularism and Modernity Ethics Vatican II
Article The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis Readers expecting a tour de force of church history shouldn't. The question for Wills is this: Why do we need the church or Pope Francis to remind us of God’s love? By William L. Portier March 5, 2015 Pope Francis Secularism and Modernity Book Essay Books Laity Spirituality Theology Vatican II
Article African bishop on polygamy, homosexuality & divorce (oh my). By Grant Gallicho March 4, 2015 Pope Francis Synod on the Family
Article Letter from Rome If you believe media reports, you’d be convinced that Pope Francis strengthened the hand of Australian Cardinal George Pell. But you'd be wrong. By Robert Mickens March 4, 2015 Pope Francis Letter from Rome Columnists Pope Benedict XVI Sexual-abuse Crisis