Twice-weekly roundup of political news and commentary: Dune buggy rally for the president; seamless garment; district-level polls; domestic workers and COVID-19; check the meritocracy of the U.S.; oh, Canada
Your thoughts: NCR received hundreds of reader responses to Melinda Henneberger's "Why I left the church, and what I'm hearing about it" perspective and its counterpoint "Memo to Henneberger: The logical thing is to 'hang in there' " written by Fr. David Knight.
As we begin this new year, a year in which real reform and change is needed in the structures of our community of faith, we must be mindful to avoid the easy answers and simple solutions.
Recent disclosures are not a sign the episcopacy suddenly became aware of how utterly corrupt its culture had become. They are more a measure of how great the pressure from the outside has become.
As evolution occurs in the natural world through the cracking of rigid rocks, in the church it is occurring through the upheaval of ecclesial systems. What can we find under the growing rubble heap?
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Viganò ordered to give money back to family members; pro-life Democrats exist; more on the midterms; Robert Shine makes my point.
Distinctly Catholic: George Weigel's latest disputes Cardinal Parolin's calling Amoris Laetitia a paradigm shift. But there's a purpose to Weigel's framing the term so narrowly.
Appreciation: "No one -- other than Hesburgh -- has had a bigger impact on the modern Notre Dame," says one alumna who is among the thousands who studied with the Holy Cross priest, who died Aug. 24.
