Features
Reflections from the ruins
The reform will begin when the Church again unambiguously teaches the Gospel complete. […]
clerical sexual abuse
Features
Bishop Eleganti: “The Pope’s silence is a classic non-denial!”
“The attempts to rewrite the traditional doctrine that regards homosexual acts as disordered in themselves,” says the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Chur, Switzerland, “and […]
Analysis
As the Church reels, is an even larger scandal building?
As the gap widens between what the hierarchy says about Islam and what ordinary Catholics can see in the news or encounter in their own […]
The Dispatch
Cardinal Cupich: “The Pope has a bigger agenda”
The cardinal archbishop of Chicago said of Pope Francis’ critics: “Quite frankly, they also don’t like him because he’s a Latino.” […]
News
Pope: ‘I will not say a single word’ on Vigano’s allegations of cover-up
During an in-flight press conference as he returned from Ireland, Francis said people should make up their own minds about the ex-nuncio’s claims that the Pope […]
Essay
At the altar, yet far from the Lord
How can priests who are not only intimately united to the Eucharistic Lord but who also receive the graces of the Eucharist each day betray […]
Features
How the bishops use and abuse “scandal”
It has become a synonym for “institution-harming controversy” or “bad public relations,” which are to be avoided at all costs. […]
The Dispatch
Hope and healing for the Sexual Revolution’s victims
Jennifer Roback Morse sees a whole collection of “social issues” as, in reality, one giant issue: what is the meaning and purpose of human sexuality? […]
The Dispatch
Understanding the demographics of the predatory priest problem
While some deny a same-sex predation problem among priests, the Grand Jury Report reflects similar demographic data as the John Jay Study of nearly 15 […]
The Dispatch
Full text: Pope Francis’ Letter to the People of God
On August 20, 2018, Pope Francis released a letter to the faithful in light of revelations of sexual abuse of minors and adults by members […]