Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

Article

False Flags

The controversy at Nativity School shows how the Church has allied itself with discrimination, undermining its credibility and failing to live up to its values.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

July 5, 2022

LGBTQ issues

U.S. Catholicism

Bishops

Article

When Abortion Isn’t Abortion

The practical, legal, and medical realities of abortion overlap in complicated ways.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

March 21, 2022

Abortion

Women in the Church

Article

Struggling to Listen

Archbishop José Gomez’s statement reflects a reactionary vision, one based in fear rather than love.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

November 17, 2021

Bishops

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Much Obliged

Too often during the pandemic, the Church encouraged us to resent the inconveniences of social distancing instead of supporting us in bearing this cross together.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

August 31, 2021

Coronavirus

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Women’s Work

The Vatican keeps telling bishops that they can allow women to serve. It stops short, even now, of telling them that they should.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

January 26, 2021

Women in the Church

Laity

Article

Stop Shaming Public Schools

Catholic and public schools are undergoing different reopening processes, but that is not an indictment of public education.

By Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

October 5, 2020

Coronavirus

Education

U.S. Catholicism

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