The grand-jury report does not substantiate the prevailing script about how bishops let predators get away with committing and recommitting their crimes
We asked you to tell us your stories of why you came, left, or stayed in the church. In this final installment, two readers share their conversion to Catholicism
The twin phenomena of integralism and intransigentism, on the rise among some US Catholics, can actually be construed as ways of leaving Catholicism behind
Greg Burke brought an American way of doing business to a dysfunctional press office. But he quickly grew weary of the Vatican’s culture of caution and cover-up
Rather than further controversy over nomenclature, the church needs a theology adequate to the current scientific understanding of sexuality and gender
If the church wants to help laypeople make informed decisions about their reproductive choices, it needs to listen more deeply to their concrete experiences
Scapegoating gay priests and pining for a world in which most Catholics agree with church teaching on birth control is no way to confront the abuse crisis
After reading news of the lawsuits brought against the Diocese of Fairbanks and the Oregon province of the Society of Jesus, I left the church for good.
One thing our contributors agree on is that the question of belonging to the church is not a trivial one; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us
The sex-abuse scandal has raised strong emotions on all sides of the debate. But we need clarity, and transparency, especially in the McCarrick investigation
Even though four billion dollars have been spent on sex-abuse settlements, a 2017 survey of diocesan financial records found mixed results on transparency
