The Vatican now views the SSPX as an external schismatic issue. What remains to be seen is how Leo will deal with the issue of internal radical traditionalism.
Many psychedelic users emerge from their trips with renewed interest in the communal and symbolic life of the world’s religions. Catholic leaders should take their experiences seriously.
'The Sheep Detectives' is a family-friendly whodunit that also takes up profound questions about the human condition. Its worldview isn't wholly incompatible with the complexity of our faith.
It’s easy to blame vaccine skepticism on ignorance or scientific misinformation. But what if we took time to listen to some Americans’ sincere fears about vaccines?
Patricia Lockwood's latest claims to report “on the state of American Catholicism,” but her essay is ultimately a caricature tailored for the misconceptions of secular readers.
Many declining congregations must figure out what to do with their buildings. What should a sacred space become after it is no longer used for worship?
The United States, on its 250th birthday, is a country in decline. American Catholics should embrace this sour semiquincentennial as a moment for discernment.
The conversation among three unlikely dialogue partners—a twentieth-century Jerusalem rabbi, the ancient rabbis of the Talmud, and a German Jewish philosopher—illuminates universalism's real meaning.
"I wanted to understand how people like me—those who grew up in the Black church and later found themselves outside of it—were channeling the impulse to believe."
In 'Agnus Dei,' Massimiliano Camaiti follows the nuns tasked with raising lambs for a Vatican blessing. The documentary is subtly Christlike: humble, meek, and pure.
… the elderly, the sick, those who suffer in silence, or those who depend entirely on the … paradises in exchange for your body, money, silence or freedom,” he said . “Those false …
In 'Magnifica humanitas,' Pope Leo presents a genuinely universalist civilizational discourse, calling for a social order whose guiding principle is love.
It is necessary to have a pontiff with a strong political voice. But what will Leo's political prominence augur for the prospects of a more synodal Church?
Pope Leo's call for disarmament leaves room for the possibility that AI can have good uses. But those uses can only be discovered by those who work for flourishing communities.
At Trump's Rededicate 250 event, religious leaders insisted that America was founded as a Christian nation. The claim doesn't withstand historical scrutiny.
October 2025 saw the first known transfer of Church-owned land to a tribal nation as an explicit act of reparation. What can the experiment teach the rest of the Church?
The moment has arrived for a new papal document that would offer a comprehensive Catholic condemnation of authoritarianism and a moral defense of liberal democracy.
If Democrats want to create a durable coalition for a more just society, they must be willing to acknowledge the moral seriousness of pro-life convictions.
Among twentieth-century British artists, there seemed to be a mad rush to Rome. A new book endeavors to explain this explosion in Catholic conversions.
Senate candidate James Talarico’s faith-first approach to public service may offer a path out of our toxic politics. But first, he’ll have to win Texas.
The clashes between Leo and the Trump administration underscore how U.S. Catholics have come to behave as though they are religious authorities unto themselves.
In fiction and nonfiction by Black American Catholics, the parochial school looms large as a place of education, formation, and conversion—for good or ill.
The growing number of adult baptisms in European and the United States has caught the notice of Church leaders who are attentive to even the smallest signs of revival.
The Church is gaining credibility for speaking up for Gospel values in the public square—even when it means criticizing a president that nearly 60 percent of Catholic voters chose.
