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cardinal marc ouellet, prefect of the vatican's dicastery of bishops, wears his vestments in a file photo
A preliminary Vatican investigation into allegations against Cardinal Marc Ouellet concluded there was not sufficient evidence to warrant opening up formal proceedings against the cardinal for sexual assault.
The first cargo ship to leave Ukraine since the Russian invasion, the Razoni crosses the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, on Aug. 3. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Sean Callahan, president and C.E.O. of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, returned last month from tours and consultations with C.R.S. partners in Ukraine, Ghana and Ethiopia.
“Rather than describing clericalism as an individual reality—a problem of ‘bad apples’—this study maps clericalism as a structural reality shaped by the interaction of three forces: sex, gender, and power,” the authors write.
A listening session in Johannesburg. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg.
Bruce Botha, S.J., said one notable achievement of the synodal process was that many people who experienced themselves on the margins of the church felt that they were heard.
Deacon Rachid Murad offers the chalice to a communicant after his ordination to the diaconate at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 25, 2019. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
After two years without it, I fear we are forgetting what is so precious about Christ’s blood and the reception of Communion in both forms.
Pope Benedict XVI views the casket of St. Celestine V, a 13th-century pope who resigned, during his visit to the earthquake-damaged Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila, Italy, in this April 28, 2009, file photo. Pope Benedict retired in 2013. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
The resignation of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has sparked internal debate over the status and titles of former Popes. One group of canon lawyers and academics are working to draft a ruleset for this navigating papal resignations going forward.
Kevin M. Doyle
A new book by David I. Kertzer argues that Pope Pius XII has more responsibility for the Holocaust than previously reported. But is the charge merited?
From 1989: A debate about the effectiveness and appropriateness of the R.C.I.A. in the life of the Catholic Church.
From Father Andrew Greeley in 1989: The R.C.I.A. has converted the sacramental experience into an obstacle course, a series of barriers to be surmounted, a list of tests to be passed.
A Reflection for Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane