Two significant interviews dropped late last week, in which key figures in the organization of the upcoming meeting of the heads of the world’s bishops’ conferences on the theme of child protection gave their views […]
It has become a synonym for “institution-harming controversy” or “bad public relations,” which are to be avoided at all costs. […]
Clerical elitism did not cause sex abuse, nor did sex abuse cause clerical elitism, but the link between the two things is certainly very real. […]
Those who insist that women ought to be ordained as Catholic priests do not simply want to serve the Church—they want to change the Church. […]
Despite his repeated and vehement denunciations of clericalism, Francis’ more general remarks about the laity sometimes nevertheless exhibit a sort of clerical chauvinism. […]
For even his staunch supporters, Francis’ moral authority hangs in the balance. […]
Perhaps it was being “overcome with Paschal joy” (as the Prefaces for Easter put it). Maybe it was my guardian angel whispering in my ear. Perhaps I’m just getting older and thus less crotchety. But […]
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