Article A Wake-Up Call for the Catholic Church The Catholic responses to the white supremacists who showed up to intimidate and inflict violence were a mix of encouraging, problematic, and inadequate By John Gehring August 16, 2017 Bishops Race Social Justice U.S. Catholicism
Article The Spiritual Cost of Scandal Feelings of being cheated and taken in by our own leaders can make us more defensive and less generous By Rita Ferrone August 14, 2017 U.S. Catholicism Spirituality Sexual-abuse Crisis
Article The Church They Don’t Like May Be Their Own Why is a vocal subset of converts being so critical? By Massimo Faggioli August 8, 2017 Vatican II U.S. Catholicism Theology
Article What Historians Will Say about Francis We shouldn't evaluate the last two years of Francis’s pontificate through a handful of angry bishops By Rita Ferrone August 7, 2017 Pope Francis U.S. Catholicism Bishops
Feature An Art of Immigration & Injustice Richard Misrach and Guillermo Galindo’s joint exhibit demands that viewers consider the many unjust aspects of immigration policy By Ciaran Freeman August 3, 2017 Immigration Arts Domestic Affairs
Article Consensus & Uncertainty at the Supreme Court The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Missouri church that was denied state funds to fix its preschool playground. Is this a slippery slope? By Richard W. Garnett August 2, 2017 Supreme Court Domestic Affairs