Pope Francis may be bold in other ways, but not so much when it comes to responding to sexual abuse, says David Clohessy of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to our reporting about Bishop Thomas Paprocki's essay that appears to accuse Cardinal Robert McElroy of heresy.
Many of my sister-"sheros" are dealing with diminishment and the frailty of aging. We are accustomed to doing great things for the people of God. It can be hard to not be at the forefront of ministerial action anymore.
Strikes in Los Angeles and protests in France should remind the Federal Reserve that economic decisions need to be responsible to all citizens, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.
Speakers and attendees at a three-day conference at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, praised Pope Francis, but several called for more movement on women's roles in the church.
The bishops' doctrinal note not only denies the reality of transgender, nonbinary and intersex persons, but compounds the harm experienced by already very vulnerable people, says columnist Daniel P. Horan.
While our cars are getting faster and better every year, our ideas, our feelings, our insights and our freedom of belief are getting less and less important.
No more "two for us, one for them," says columnist Michael Sean Winters. It's time to turn decisively, not slowly, in naming new bishops not stuck in the past.
