Claims of Catholic victimhood depart from false premises. Any analysis of racism also needs to account for historic injustices and present power dynamics
The church is hardly a criminal organization, and prosecuting it under the RICO statute doesn’t make sense. Bankruptcy laws, however, offer a better way
The grand-jury report does not substantiate the prevailing script about how bishops let predators get away with committing and recommitting their crimes
We asked you to tell us your stories of why you came, left, or stayed in the church. In this final installment, two readers share their conversion to Catholicism