Anna Sutherland

Even as an increasing share of U.S. Catholics are Latino, Catholics account for a declining share of the country’s Latinos. Roughly one-third of Catholic adults in the U.S. are Latino, but just over half (55 percent) of Latino adults here are Catholics. As recently as 2010, that figure stood at two-thirds. Continue Reading »

Less noticed than references to homosexuality in Pope Francis’ widely circulated  remarks  to the press on the Rio-to-Rome papal airplane was this comment on developing a theology of women: The role of women doesn’t end just with being a mother and with house work . . . we . . . . Continue Reading »

Catholic priest, sociologist, and prolific author Fr. Andrew Greeley died last night at the age of eighty-five. He had been mentioned in our pages no small number of times , sometimes in critical terms. Here’s an excerpt from what Fr. Richard John Neuhaus said about his book The Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »

A recently released  report by the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians (a nonprofit group based in Austria) supplements and confirms Paul Coleman’s article in our June/July issue about discrimination against Christians in Europe. The report . . . . Continue Reading »

In an address that is hard not to read as a rebuke of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis delivered a searching reflection on pastoral ministry to a gathering of Italian bishops at St. Peter’s Basilica this evening. According to the Vatican press office, after meditating on John 21:15-19 . . . . Continue Reading »

Pope Francis’ comments yesterday about faith, atheism, and salvation have apparently struck a chord: They made headlines and were, for a time, the second most-shared item on Reddit. In his homily on Mark 9:38-40 , the pope said : The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the . . . . Continue Reading »

Speaking at Notre Dame’s commencement ceremonies yesterday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan told graduates that Mary is “not just our patroness, but our model.” He explained: She gave God’s son a human nature; she gave the Eternal Word—God the Son, the second Person of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Ruth Graham flags a funny problem in the  essay that Matthew Cantirino shared  yesterday: Originality has never been more valued in wedding ceremonies, and never harder to produce. She and her fiance, “like just about every other betrothed couple in America . . . wanted our . . . . Continue Reading »

Commonweal has a triple feature on Thomas Nagel’s much-discussed  Mind and Cosmos with contributions from philosopher Gary Gutting, biologist Kenneth R. Miller, and physicist (and First Things advisory council member) Stephen M. Barr. Here’s an excerpt from Barr’s essay: . . . . Continue Reading »

The jury has found Kermit Gosnell guilty on three charges of first-degree murder of babies, according to reporter J. D. Mullane , and not guilty of a fourth murder charge. (Details on those murder charges here .) Judge Jeffrey Minehart had earlier dismissed three other first-degree murder charges . . . . Continue Reading »