Happy Friday! As always, your weekly roundup: Pope Francis this week approved the first-ever system for judging, and possibly deposing, bishops who fail to...
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Most of us know the story of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Found guilty of adultery, she is forced not only to stand public...
Happy Friday! As always, your weekly roundup: Pope Francis’ eagerly awaited environment encyclical will be published June 18. The Vatican took the unusual step...
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum thinks that the pope should just leave climate change to the scientists. Let’s ignore for the moment the fact...
Happy Friday! As always, your weekly roundup: Nebraska made news this week when it abolished the death penalty. Ireland also made news when it legalized gay...
Recently released after two years in prison, Sister Megan Rice can’t wait to go back. The 85-year-old nun was arrested in 2012, when she and two colleagues...
What with Pope Francis’ imminent encyclical on the environment, there’s been a lot of talk about environmentalism and the importance of caring for the earth...
Happy Friday! As always, your weekly roundup: The iconic Archbishop Oscar Romero—long held high as an unofficial saint of the church—will be officially...
The iconic Archbishop Oscar Romero—long held high as an unofficial saint of the church—-will be officially beatified on May 23. Some supporters of Romero...
“O daughter Babylon, you devastator!…Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock!” (Psalm 137:8-9). When I...
