Article Loving Herself, Regardless Biles’s unwillingness to “power through” was a “no” to the sanctification of grit and the legacy of abuse faced by both U.S. gymnasts and Black women. By Susan Bigelow Reynolds August 4, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Sexual-abuse Crisis Sports
Article Velvet & Pus “To encounter the Catholic Church is to touch and smell and taste; to shiver. So too in the queer world.” By Eve Tushnet August 2, 2021 LGBTQ issues Theology U.S. Catholicism
Article The Liturgy Wars The Tridentine rite won’t bring back a golden age in the Church. But defenders of liturgical reform shouldn’t be complacent about their own problems. By Paul Baumann July 27, 2021 Vatican II Pope Francis U.S. Catholicism
Article ‘Coherence’ & Coercion The Church helps form consciences, and laypeople are asked to use them to discern what is possible and prudent in political life. By Austen Ivereigh July 21, 2021 Joe Biden Bishops U.S. Catholicism
Bishops & Blind Spots Mollie Wilson O’Reilly speaks about the U.S. bishops’ misguided approach to President Biden, their missteps in responding to Trump, and other missed opportunities. U.S. Catholicism Abortion
Article Still Unaccommodated Disrupting and repairing the structural inequalities in Church institutions is not easy, and often not welcome. By Brett C. Hoover July 10, 2021 Latin America U.S. Catholicism The American Parish Today