As more Africans join social media, Catholic bishops warm up to its potential
Tim Busch, conservative activist-philanthropist, rejects anti-Francis label
The risky business of doing 'mercifying' theology
Hierarchy and theology alike are caught up in Catholic disruption
Francis' draft of curial reform fundamentally reimagines Vatican's role
The purgatory of the sex abuse crisis
Conservatives still rule the US bishops' conference
Francis criticizes traditionalist Catholics who 'safeguard the ashes' of the past
Francis beatifies seven Romanian bishops, praises fortitude under communism
Habemus papam to me! Tiara in place, I'll have a busy daylong reign
By Mark Piper
Higher-ups were likely aware of McCarrick restrictions, says monsignor
Poll: 89.3% of US Catholics say church was slow to take action on abuse
Not failing, but changing: US Catholic life in a new era
By Tom Roberts
'The Election of Pope Francis' is a day-by-day, ballot-by-ballot tale
The church has picked up too much baggage over the centuries
Would Pope Francis back the Green New Deal?
By Brian Roewe
Where science warnings fail, can moral force push us out of climate inertia?
By Brian Roewe
Amazon synod to take on land use, biodiversity, indigenous rights
By Brian Roewe