Contrary to the narrative put forward by major news outlets, the resignation of the all-female board at ‘Women-Church-World’ was not caused by clericalism.
Powell and Pressburger’s seminal 1947 film about a group of Anglican nuns in India offers more than melodrama, as secondary characters reveal the face of Christ.
The Catholic Church today is in crisis. But it is not the hierarchy alone who belong in sackcloth and ashes, begging forgiveness; all of us must become penitents.
Democratic socialism, increasingly appealing to young people today, extends democracy into the economic realm. The idea’s not new; we need to explore its history.
The only adequate response to the clergy sex-abuse crisis is a paschal response: death to one way of being and resurrection to a truly new way of life.
Pope Francis is a highly original and supple thinker, with a breadth of knowledge accumulated over five decades. A new book fleshes out his intellectual journey.
