Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Puerto Rico bishop gets new fans; Koch Industries in Russia; Gov. DeSantis and Archbishop Wenski at odds over migrants; Cardinal O'Malley on sin of racism.
The Supreme Court seemed willing to find a compromise about a Catholic social service agency shut out from Philadelphia's foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents.
With its cathedral parking lot Masses, the Las Cruces Diocese is one of the outliers. Even in states where governors have loosened restrictions, many Catholic dioceses are holding back on large-scale gatherings.
Grace on the Margins: Pope Francis' failure to see God fully alive and incarnated through the work and ministry of women feels like a betrayal by a man who otherwise sees sacrament everywhere.
Two Indiana schools drew national attention to the Catholic Church's attempts to grapple with LGBTQ relationships in June, highlighting the church's position in a country increasingly welcome to different sexual identities.
We say: The continued awareness of law enforcement and journalism, as well as the vigilance of the laity, is the best guarantee we have that this scourge of sex abuse and cover-up may finally be lifted.
The crisis the Catholic Church is facing is not "a crisis of faith" or "mainly about a crisis of sexual abuse by clergy," but is "a crisis of leadership," Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski said in a Sept. 18 homily.
Cuban Catholics, ordained and lay, on both sides of the Florida Strait, have connected to strengthen Cuban parishes and civil society; they aim to build bridges between Cuba and the outside world.
