A Call for Radical Renewal

by Ed Condon

The General Assembly of the United States Council of Catholic Bishops must renew the Church in the spirit of Pentecost. Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2019

Letters from the Vatican: #1

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

The first in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis.  Continue Reading »

19 Feb 2019

The Church’s Bigger Agenda

by Nathaniel Peters

Standing up for the mob’s victims should be on the Church’s agenda for the justice of all people, especially when its victims are her own children. Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2019

Vatican Autocracy and the U.S. Bishops

by George Weigel

The bishops’ challenge now is to temper their ingrained deference to “Rome” and get on with devising responses to this crisis that are within their authority. Continue Reading »

21 Nov 2018

Restoring Trust

by J. D. Flynn

The 2018 Fall General Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops may be one of the most important meetings in the history of American Catholicism. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2018

To the Bishops, Before Their General Assembly

by Jayd Henricks

The Church can only be healed if evil is exposed. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2018

The Papal Foundation & McCarrick’s Conflict of Interest

by Matthew B. O’Brien

Did McCarrick and other abusers use the grant-making power of the Papal Foundation to curry favor and buy protection from Vatican officials? Continue Reading »

28 Sep 2018

You Are Peter

by Dan Hitchens

The papacy does not depend on the qualities of the men who take office. Continue Reading »

20 Sep 2018

A Letter From Young Clergy

by Various

A letter to the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment. Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2018

The Imperative of the Imperium

by Shawn R. Tribe

Reclaiming clerical identity—both its internal and external dimensions—is paramount if we are to have a healthy revival and foster solid vocations. Continue Reading »

10 Sep 2018