Article The Vatican Summit on Sex Abuse The four-day Vatican summit on sex abuse revealed an unsettling paradox: the hierarchy practicing reform, and victims’ groups scorning of a missed opportunity By Austen Ivereigh February 25, 2019 Sexual-abuse Crisis Pope Francis Clericalism
Article Women, Men, and The Diaconate The concept of dialectical promotion, not complementarity, can help us better understand male-female relations in the Catholic Church By Rita Ferrone February 21, 2019 Women in the Church Vatican II Pope Francis
Article Notes from the Classroom Reckoning with the ways our church falls short carves out space for the possibility that we might do better By Mary Kate Holman February 19, 2019 Theology Sexual-abuse Crisis Women in the Church Pope Francis Pope John Paul II
Article Stalemate What is especially depressing about our current impasse, both political and ecclesial, is the sour taste it leaves in everyone’s mouth By Paul Baumann February 13, 2019 Theology Pope Francis Donald Trump Sexual-abuse Crisis
Article Francis & the Traditionalists Pope Francis knows that traditionalism is not going away any time soon. Willing to accommodate it where he can, he will not give an inch on Vatican II By Massimo Faggioli February 4, 2019 Vatican II Pope Benedict XVI Pope Francis Liturgy
Article From Evasion to Conversion We’re so used to hearing that Francis is “behind the curve” on the abuse issue. In truth, he is well ahead of it By Austen Ivereigh January 30, 2019 Pope Francis Sexual-abuse Crisis Bishops Vatican II