Among those Catholics who choose to leave the church, 74 percent do so between the ages of 10 and 20. And 87 percent of them say that it is for good.
Ministry
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis speaks candidly to the church in a new book of interviews
Pope Francis confessed that while he has “chutzpah,” “I am also timid.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I became a priest 50 years ago. Here’s how the perception of priesthood has changed
We have seen an epochal change in the image of a Catholic priest in North America.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
St. Maria Goretti teaches me to see God in the faces of murderers and rapists
For inmates, incarceration is their punishment. But in the library, we focus on rehabilitation.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Yes, millennials like brunch. But that’s not why they’re skipping Mass.
Wriggly children are not the only reason my fellow millennials are missing from the pews.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Bishop McElroy: Attacks on Father James Martin expose a cancer within the U.S. Catholic Church
The attacks on ‘Building a Bridge’ tap into long-standing bigotry within the church and U.S. culture against members of the L.G.B.T. community.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
In prison, writing is an act of redemption
One day we may see one of their bylines in The New Yorker. One day these men will be released from prison.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How a young atheist and a priest who lost his faith made me a better evangelizer
The first step in an evangelizing relationship is that the evangelizer be evangelized.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
How much do Catholic priests and their lay colleagues make? A new report gives answers.
According to a new report, a large gap exists between the median salaries of administrative positions and pastoral positions.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Maybe it’s time to rethink how we do confession
If you could confess in a small group or online, would you do it?