"It seems very much as though the U.S. bishops reject the position that won the election for John Kennedy and credibility for Catholics in U.S. politics," writes Steven P. Millies.
About 50 people protested outside the Kansas City National Security Campus April 15, calling for an end to nuclear weapons and criticizing a proposed expansion there. Thomas C. Fox was one of 10 people arrested.
Dignitas Infinita fails to treat women and transgender persons with the basic respect and consideration their dignity requires, writes theologian M. Therese Lysaught.
"We love this church, we love our Catholic faith," but "personally, professionally and ministerially, we are concerned with Dignitas Infinita's statements on gender theory and sex change," they write.
Time will tell if rumors about Archbishop Georg Gänswein getting a new job as a Vatican ambassador are true, writes Renardo Schlegelmilch. For now the former secretary to Pope Benedict XVI remains in Germany, and unemployed.
When determining covenantal expectations for Catholic school educators — including what "conduct or lifestyles" should be grounds for termination — bishops should listen to the faithful.
Sr. Christine Schenk wanted to pay her respects to Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. She found a personal and heartfelt memorial service at the motherhouse of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters in Monroe, Michigan.
The Vatican's Dignitas Infinita does an excellent job establishing the valuable character of human dignity, writes David DeCosse. The document fares less well in how it embeds dignity into life's concrete circumstances.
I understand dramatic responses to digital technology in the context of the Mass. The physical elements of the sacraments are the whole point. But here are three strong arguments for continuing to stream the Mass.
