Bishop Robert Barron criticizes papal biographer Austen Ivereigh of making conversion a "dirty word." It is hard not to conclude that Barron's real target is not Ivereigh, but Pope Francis, writes Michael Sean Winters.
The image of multimedia nonprofit Word on Fire, and that of founder Bishop Robert Barron, have taken hits amid the organization's handling of allegations of sexual misconduct outside the workplace against a former employee.
Commentary: The rich Black prophetic tradition doesn't maintain a strict contrast between the sacred and secular. The prophetic often manifests in Black Christians' words and deeds outside the institutional church.
Commentary:The Word on Fire Vatican II Collection responds to the new "rad-trad" enemies of the council. But the book's extreme centrism only deepens the problem of connecting Vatican II teaching with today's church and world.
NCR Connections: Over the months, what started as a fluke has grown to be a community of Catholics who wish bishops did things like ask their opinions or apologize when they make a mistake — like they do @usccbp.
Commentary: In recent years, leaders of the world's major religions have spoken out strongly about the urgency of climate change. Could they be doing more to spur their followers to action?
Distinctly Catholic: Msgr. John Strynkowski on where Catholic social teaching comes from; Supreme Court predictability; global minimum corporate tax proposal
Your thoughts: In a commentary for NCR, Rebecca Bratten Weiss wrote about Bishop Robert Barron's recent piece that used the term "beige Catholicism" to refer to the faith of liberal or progressive Catholics.
Commentary: Our Catholic social and racial justice activists, past and present, do not fit the image of blandness and flimsiness evoked by Bishop Robert Barron's phrase "beige Catholicism."
