Welcome to Day Two of America Media's 2016 virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Join James Martin, S.J. for a tour of Nazareth, Jesus' hometown, and Cana, the site of his first miracle.
In 2016, Pope Francis gathered a commission to study the history of women deacons in the church. For the first time, Phyllis Zagano and Bernard Pottier, S.J., two members of the commission, speak about their life-long research on this topic.
The Catholic Journal Commonweal published an extensively reported piece dissecting a grand jury report released last summer, which alleges widespread sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania and a coverup of that abuse by bishops.
