Nicholas P. Cafardi is a civil and canon lawyer. He is Dean emeritus of Duquesne University School of Law and former general counsel to the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. His most recent book is Voting and Faithfulness (Paulist Press, 2020).
Article An Ambrose of Our Own Our current system of choosing bishops discounts the laity and local priests in favor of patronage from above. That must change. By Nicholas P. Cafardi December 9, 2020 Bishops Clericalism
Article Canons & the Candidate Claiming that Joe Biden does not deserve to receive Communion misinterprets canon law and reduces Catholic theology to a partisan political weapon. By Nicholas P. Cafardi September 14, 2020 Election 2020 U.S. Catholicism
Article Accountability Gap From Los Angeles to Newark, recent news reports raise questions about the bishops’ commitment to the Dallas sexual-abuse reforms they adopted in 2002. By Nicholas P. Cafardi June 3, 2013 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis U.S. Catholicism Web Exclusive
Article A Cherished Accommodation By Nicholas P. Cafardi May 21, 2012 Short Take Bishops Contraception mandate Sexual-abuse Crisis U.S. Catholicism
Article Lagging Behind By Nicholas P. Cafardi June 7, 2011 Short Take Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis U.S. Catholicism
Article Another Long Lent By Nicholas P. Cafardi March 10, 2011 Short Take Sexual-abuse Crisis U.S. Catholicism
