The crisis of leadership in the Catholic Church is protracted, persistent, and global. It is already almost unbearably awful in its details, and has barely begun to be reported. What follows is neither reportage — […]
As we speak about power in the Church, we must ask: is this not simply a form of clericalism, a phenomenon much decried by Pope […]
Sometimes even allies offer advice that is ill-conceived, and I think that applies to some of what Fr. Raymond de Souza wrote recently for the […]
The McCarrick scandal, let us all admit, is just one powerful gust in the swirling tempest that now surrounds Francis and threatens to capsize both […]
The reform will begin when the Church again unambiguously teaches the Gospel complete. […]
It has become a synonym for “institution-harming controversy” or “bad public relations,” which are to be avoided at all costs. […]
The world showed me all the ways there are to fall, but when I discovered the Church, I found the one way there is to […]
The Catholic Church in America needs bishops with strong backbones, men who are not worried about their next promotion, or about the next assault from […]
The bishops of the United States—all of us—should petition the Holy Father to form a team, made up mostly of faithful lay Catholics, to empower […]
Bishop Scharfenberger’s call for “an independent commission led by well-respected, faithful lay leaders” should be heeded, for it is far superior to Cardinal Wuerl’s proposal and […]
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