At this juncture in American political and religious history, John Courtney Murray has something to say for the Catholic Church trying to recover a sense of itself in the public square.
Massimo Faggioli
Massimo Faggioli is a professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We need to do more than topple (some) statues
Massimo Faggioli: Some statues deserve toppling. But it’s not necessarily the most constructive way to build a different future.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Criticizing a pope: A dialogue between Massimo Faggioli and Bill McCormick, S.J.
When is it appropriate to criticize a reigning pope, and what implications does that question have for Catholic ecclesiology?
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Massimo Faggioli: Electing bishops will not solve the church’s problems.
There is no question that the process for the appointment of bishops should be updated. But the election of bishops with procedures similar to democratic elections would only exacerbate all kinds of rifts in the Catholic Church today.
Posted inFaith, Ideas
The pope’s new liturgy document: who was involved and what that tells us
“Magnum Principium,” the new apostolic letter released motu proprio by Pope Francis, is returning authority to regional bishops’ conferences in matters of liturgical translation. But why and how?
Posted inFrom Our Archives
A View From Abroad: The shrinking common ground in the American church
It is very difficult for European Catholics to make sense of the polarization within the Catholic Church in the United States. I grew up in Northern Italy and studied and worked for almost 20 years at the University of Bologna, my alma mater and the oldest university in Europe, founded in 1088. In t