This past week, a report revealed that the New Orleans Saints had aided the Archdiocese of New Orleans in damage control and cover-ups following the 2018 release of the names of 50 priests credibly accused of sexual abuse...
The Saints helped the church hide abuse. How should Catholics respond?
Both the NFL and the Catholic Church are powerful organizations with legacies of abuse. Ignoring this is not a moral option.

February 2025
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE
Picture the saints
Artist Grace Morbitzer envisions the saints as models for an inclusive church.
BY JEAN P. KELLY
Redemption work
Catholic advocacy groups in Nigeria address an incarceration crisis.
BY VALENTINE BENJAMIN
Consider the birds
There’s a reason birds are so ubiquitous in human religions and mythologies, say these two scholars.
AN INTERVIEW WITH PETRA GARDELLA AND LAURENCE KRUTE
Bring good news
Catholics are called to connect with and care for incarcerated individuals.
BY ALESSANDRA HARRIS
A human paradigm
We need a humanities education that can challenge the technocratic paradigm.
BY HEIDI BOSTIC
“My prayer for our nation is that we have the courage to recommit ourselves to dismantling the structures that perpetuate a culture of death and to building up a culture of life.”
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, Catholic Mobilizing Network