Editorials
Toward Dallas
Expectations are high for the spring meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Dallas, Tex.
Articles
Considerations for a Church in Crisis
In terms of its harm and far-reaching effects, the present crisis in the church must be compared with the Reformation and the French Revolution.
The Scandal: A Historian's Perspective
Has there ever been anything like it in the history of the church? That is a question I have been asked a number of times since the sexual abuse scandal swelled to its present din.
My Hopes for Dallas
The expectations surrounding the meeting in Rome on April 23-24 of the U.S. cardinals, the leaders of our bishops’ conference and members of the Roman Curia were enormously unrealistic.
Abusing the Truth
It’s the conservatives’ fault. It’s the liberals’ fault. It’s because they wore cassocks. It’s because they stopped wearing cassocks. It’s because Rome is too much in control of the bishops.
Why?
Hillaire Belloc, an English Catholic writer from the first half of the last century, once remarked apropos of Catholic leadership that any organization whose leadership was guilty of such knavish imbe
What Kind of Church Is This?
We have struggled this season with a number of deeply troubling issues related to the tragedies of sexual abuse of minors by priests in this country.
Books and Culture
Books
It would be difficult to discover two contemporary authors who rival Peter Hennessy and Roy Jenkins as articulate and authoritative interpre
Columns and Departments
Columns
Of Many Things
Poem
Letters
