Pope Francis wants all Catholics to recognize that Vatican II and its reforms are not only authentic actions of the Holy Spirit but also are in continuity with the tradition of the church.
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The feminist revolution has stalled. Blame Roe v. Wade.
Given the centrality of abortion rights in the feminist movement today, it is no surprise that work–family balance remains such a pressing issue.
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Pope Francis has shown the U.S. a new path for ending the death penalty—for good.
Last year, Pope Francis said, “There can be no stepping back” from the church’s opposition to the death penalty. It is time to put this teaching into action and stop executions in the United States for good.
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I am a Jesuit scientist. I’m all for vaccines, but we have to do more than just ‘follow the science’
I find myself troubled by the phrase, “Follow the science.“ It implies that the authority of science is infallible, writes Guy Consolmagno, S.J., director of the Vatican Observatory.
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Pope Francis did not create the divisions around the Latin Mass. He inherited them.
What Francis has done is to reestablish the priority of Vatican II in our liturgical life. He is saying, essentially, that no one can take an end run around it.
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Young women, #MeToo and clergy sex abuse: Lessons from my students
My students at a Catholic women’s college have taught me—and can teach the rest of the church—a great deal about living in a church marred by the scandal of sexual abuse by clergy.
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Ordaining women to the priesthood will not fix the church’s institutional problems
Perhaps when we ask if women can be ordained, we are asking the wrong question.
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Cardinal John Dearden wanted to give lay Catholics influence after Vatican II. Pope Francis’ vision for synods could finally do it.
Archbishop (later Cardinal) John Francis Dearden of Detroit (1907-88) played an exceptionally significant role in paving the way for what Pope Francis is trying to do in reviving the ancient practice of including all the baptized in the work and mission of the church.
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My students saw no need to read non-Catholic thinkers. I had other plans.
If we can treat others and their ideas with such humility and gratitude, the only thing we will ever want to cancel will be our pride.
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It’s been 50 years since most Jesuit colleges went co-ed. But have they truly embraced their female students?
Taking women seriously as students, staff and faculty means that the Jesuit institution considers them as essential to its mission.