One thing our contributors agree on is that the question of belonging to the church is not a trivial one; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us
A new book examines the origins of the pope-centered church, in which we assume that the bishop of Rome writes encyclicals, convokes councils, and declares saints
Three ecclesial structures inherited from the Council of Trent are still with us today, and must be changed if the church is to be meaningfully reformed