The grand-jury report does not substantiate the prevailing script about how bishops let predators get away with committing and recommitting their crimes
The twin phenomena of integralism and intransigentism, on the rise among some US Catholics, can actually be construed as ways of leaving Catholicism behind
Greg Burke brought an American way of doing business to a dysfunctional press office. But he quickly grew weary of the Vatican’s culture of caution and cover-up
Rather than further controversy over nomenclature, the church needs a theology adequate to the current scientific understanding of sexuality and gender
Scapegoating gay priests and pining for a world in which most Catholics agree with church teaching on birth control is no way to confront the abuse crisis
Synod delegates have become increasingly outspoken about young people on the margins, calling particular attention to the suffering of migrants and refugees
A new book examines the origins of the pope-centered church, in which we assume that the bishop of Rome writes encyclicals, convokes councils, and declares saints
Walks through Rome on the eve of the Synod reveal that the church’s unruly irregularity is not a liability, but instead its greatest, most precious asset
Rather than introducing unprecedented ‘changes’ to the catechism, Pope Francis has simply pushed his predecessors’ intuitions to their logical conclusion
While the former nuncio’s incendiary claims have been largely discredited, Pope Francis still needs to articulate a path forward through the sex-abuse crisis
I could detail the reasons for my personal gratitude to the church, but like many at this moment, I am struggling, wondering if the church can meet its obligations
Three ecclesial structures inherited from the Council of Trent are still with us today, and must be changed if the church is to be meaningfully reformed
If there is something to seize from this moment, it is the opportunity to envision—with vigor, clarity, and discernment—meaningful and measurable reform
The Catechism’s change on the inadmissibility of the death penalty furthers St. John Paul II’s teachings on recognizing the dignity of every human life
The new religious left in the United States, energized by the Francis pontificate, nevertheless exhibits key differences when it comes to political theology
The new Vatican document on the international financial system demands that we not ignore the deep and persistent problems revealed by the financial crisis
Don't focus on what is missing in the lives of young people who want to get married in the church. See marriage as an opportunity for re-evangelization
