Article Baltimore Flop 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 By John Gehring November 21, 2018 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis
Article Why I Left, Why I Stay I can’t tell you rationally why I went back. It doesn’t make sense. All I can say is that I went big—and came home. By Helene Stapinski & Dorothy Fortenberry November 20, 2018 Spirituality Theology Sexual-abuse Crisis Social Justice
Article Introduction The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep. The days of Catholicism by default are behind us. By The Editors November 19, 2018 U.S. Catholicism Vatican II Secularism and Modernity Spirituality Theology
Article Why I Stay I can’t tell you rationally why I went back. It doesn’t make sense. All I can say is that I went big—and came home. By Dorothy Fortenberry November 19, 2018 U.S. Catholicism Theology Spirituality Women in the Church
Article Why I Left Have people like me, well educated and once religious, been captured by the siren song of secularism?Is it our fault? Should we try to remedy it? By Daniel Callahan November 19, 2018 Secularism and Modernity U.S. Catholicism Theology Spirituality Pope Francis
Article Why I Stay As I understand it, the church offers us a mediated relationship with Jesus, through the sacraments, and most profoundly in the Eucharist. By Paul Baumann November 19, 2018 Secularism and Modernity Vatican II U.S. Catholicism Spirituality Theology