Commentary: Pope Francis' push for synodality inside the Church coincides chronologically with the rise of populist leaders and the crisis of democracy on the outside.
Distinctly Catholic: President Joe Biden's pledge that he "will not settle" for an inadequate COVID-19 response indicates that he understands the American people deserve a solution.
Msgr. Thomas A. Kleissler, who launched a parish-renewal program that turned into an international movement, died Feb. 2 at St. Catherine Healthcare Center in Caldwell, New Jersey. He was 89.
Jan. 30, Pope Francis urged those charged with passing on the principles of the Catholic faith to consider the teachings of the Second Vatican Council as sacrosanct.
Review: The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico: Neil Connolly's Priesthood in the South Bronx explores Connolly's ministry and how he learned to be a priest of the people from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Distinctly Catholic: 2020 taught us we never know what unforeseen events will enlighten or becloud all else. We can discern major themes that will shape 2021, but just before the year's end, a new one emerges.
Much of Thomas Merton's writing on civil rights remained an afterthought, until the murder of George Floyd in May, and subsequent protests. 2020 has seen Catholics return to Merton's words on race.
Commentary: The Vatican's 2020 Nativity scene is drawing strong reactions, but the figures are simple and clear; it's not a coincidence that these pieces date from 1965 to 1975, from the immediate post-conciliar period.
