Just Catholic

Just Catholic is a Catholic perspective on the news—especially when the church itself becomes the news—from Phyllis Zagano.

The synod: Who is listening to whom?

by Phyllis Zagano

Oct 23, 2018

Just Catholic: The current kerfuffle about laywomen voting at the Synod of Bishops both gives evidence to and deflects the real discussion.

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Pope Francis and Cardinal Kevin Farrell pose for a photo during a pre-synod gathering of youth delegates in Rome March 19. (CNS/Paul Haring)

What can we say about the Synod of Bishops? The optics are not good

by Phyllis Zagano

Sep 22, 2018

Just Catholic: As the church recoils at sex abuse, bishops will soon gather in Rome to talk about young people. But, like water dripping on a stone, the same story is wearing people's patience thin.

Will we ever know the truth?

by Phyllis Zagano

Aug 22, 2018

Just Catholic: Pennsylvania is bad enough. What if the other 49 shoes drop? Will other U.S. attorneys general follow Pennsylvania's lead? Will they launch investigations? Will they rid of us these troublesome priests … and bishops?

#MeToo, Your Excellency

by Phyllis Zagano

Jul 23, 2018

Just Catholic: Fearing a bishop's power, no one wants to say anything. And it's not just clerics whose cries are muffled. It's lay employees and religious sisters who need their jobs.

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The synod: Who is listening to whom?

What can we say about the Synod of Bishops? The optics are not good

Will we ever know the truth?

#MeToo, Your Excellency

As US secures its borders from women and 8-year-olds, the Gospel gets blamed

Imagining Catholicism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

On messages and messengers

Cloning animals, humans has scandalous implications

Dear Parkland students: This land is your land

Why can 'Catholic' bloggers disrespect the pope?

The church cannot succumb to hurry sickness

We can't forget the poor among us

#MeToo brings to light scope of sexual assault, victims' suffering

Foods laden with sugar, salt and fat spread worldwide

The world is caught in a pandemic of bullying

There goes the neighborhood

'They shoot horses, don't they?'

Is 'The Handmaid's Tale' about today?

Whose Gospel is it anyway?

Who wants to live in the United States?

Fake news, alternative facts, and the information competition

Who's showing whose true colors?

The new and empty calendar

Despite cardinals' challenge, 'Amoris Laetitia' is clear about mercy

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