Article Who Are These ‘People’? Synodality can demythologize clerical power, but in order to work, the people it centers must include the vulnerable, not just the elite. By Massimo Faggioli October 7, 2021 Vatican II Pope Francis Clericalism Laity
Article In Awe of All People The late John August Swanson’s ‘Procession’ reminds us that we all walk together, sharing our suffering and our happiness. By Claudia Avila Cosnahan September 30, 2021 Arts Theology Death and Dying
Article ‘Always Together’ An excerpt from ‘Siblings All, Sign of the Times: The Social Teaching of Pope Francis’ By Pope Francis September 28, 2021 Pope Francis Vatican II
Feature Hope & Hesitancy Italy faces a political and religious turning point in the upcoming years. Where will the country go from here? By Massimo Faggioli September 17, 2021 Vatican Foreign Affairs
Article The Spirit in the Assembly The upcoming synod on synodality could be transformative for the Church. But right now, it’s being largely ignored. By Austen Ivereigh September 16, 2021 Bishops Pope Francis
Article A Deeper Disaffiliation If the Eucharist is an encounter with the living person of Jesus Christ, then disaffiliation from the Eucharistic liturgy is defection from Jesus Christ himself. By Robert P. Imbelli September 15, 2021 Bishops U.S. Catholicism