Vatican Whack-a-Mole

By Tom Heneghan | December 14, 2021

The travails of French Catholicism have only been compounded by Rome’s opaque system for hiring and firing bishops. The Paris debacle is Exhibit A.

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The Christmas Stories We Never See

By Jim McDermott | December 10, 2021

Audiences binge-watch Christmas specials and movies throughout the holiday season. Few include clergy or members of religious orders as main characters.

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Discerning the Lex Orandi

By Rita Ferrone | November 17, 2021

Pope Francis continues to face criticism over his restrictions on the “old Latin Mass.” But this issue is about much more than folk guitars or chapel veils. The reform of the liturgy has a serious theological agenda.

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History is an Exercise in Humility

By Christopher M. Bellitto | November 10, 2021

The honest study of history challenges ideas of cultural chauvinism and presentism. All might not be for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

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