Features
An Open Letter to Bishop Thomas J. Tobin
We need leaders who will not mislead us and scatter us. We cry out for shepherds who will shepherd us, so that we need no […]
Opinion
Features
Cardinal McCarrick and the crisis of episcopal leadership
The shock and sadness expressed over the allegations Cardinal McCarrick violated the Charter are no more than a red herring. […]
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Immigration, moral authority, and the “order of love”
The question of immigration is complicated enough under the best circumstances. But the problem of mass migration, much of it illegal, in a globalized world […]
Opinion
Why talk of Catholic-Lutheran intercommunion damages Catholic-Orthodox relations
If the Catholic Church can and will think of intercommunion, then intercommunion with the Orthodox Churches is the most reasonable, probable, and feasible. […]
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Pope Francis’ handling of the Viganò scandal doesn’t bode well for Chilean crisis
The Holy Father often says the right things: he grabs the headlines and starts out well enough, but he does not follow through. […]
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Cardinal Eijk, Pope Francis, and problems of governance
The basic dynamic of this pontificate is quite clear, and it leaves far too much unclear. […]
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Christians, it is time to speak, act, and risk
Today, the public square is a dangerous place to be a Christian, unless you’re willing to render to Caesar what belongs to God. […]
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Youth, liturgy, and the need for true worship
Liturgy – like the Faith it celebrates – never admits of an “erector-set” approach; good liturgy, true liturgy is received, not fabricated, and it takes […]
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“Gaudete et exsultate” is beautiful for its simplicity, frustrating for its failures
Pope Francis should be more careful, for he tends to overstate matters and to attack weak sisters even when he does not set up straw […]
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Reading Pope Francis with both respectful docility and critical charity
Catholics frustrated with Pope Francis’ style and record of leadership ought not allow partial accounts to poison them against the Holy Father. […]