Women at the Altar

By Phyllis Zagano | January 26, 2022

Do women lectors and catechists mean ordination is next?

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Soothsayer for the Messes We’re In

By Marcia Pally | January 21, 2022

Leonard Cohen’s theological vision of covenant — and betrayal — played out in his own tumultuous relationships, and in his songs. That vision also tells us something about our broken politics today.

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Teaching Lessons for a Skeptical Church

By Christopher M. Bellitto | January 12, 2022

American Catholic bishops might look to the classroom for advice on bringing people to the pews and keeping them there.

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“Neon” Catholicism Lights the Way

By Renée D. Roden | December 17, 2021

Claire Luchette’s luminous debut novel, “Agatha of Little Neon,” uses the story of a young nun to grapple with the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church — and to point to a different future.

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