Recent Editorial

Opposition to reform has coalesced around former Pope Joseph Ratzinger

May 20, 2016

Opposition to Pope Francis is being waged on a variety of fronts. Those in the “let’s just wait him out” crowd are already doing everything they can to prepare for the day when he is no longer around.
Francis effect growing among seminarians

May 20, 2016

The Pope Francis effect? Some express hope, others dread, still more argue that day-to-day church life is business-as- usual, with little change.
Pope on women

May 13, 2016

Pope Francis has done it again. He’s spoken out forcefully in defence of women, saying they deserve more respect all over the world.
Work towards integral solidarity

May 13, 2016

In his lengthy, wide-spread speech, Pope Francis echoed ideas similar to those he expressed during his Nov. 25, 2014 visit to Strasbourg where he spoke to both the European Parliament and Council, urging a “grandmother Europe” go back to her foundational values.
‘I have a dream’ for Europe, says Pope

May 13, 2016

As he received the prestigious Charlemagne Prize Friday, Pope Francis laid out his vision for a renewed European continent in what could easily be his own version of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s infamous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Muslim theology faculties develop an ‘Islam for Germany’

May 06, 2016

While Germany's politicians are loudly debating whether Islam is compatible with democracy, five of its state universities are quietly developing pioneering new Islamic theology faculties to try to ensure that it is.
Amoris Laetitia affirms values of Asian families

May 06, 2016

I see the Apostolic Exhortation as a reaffirmation of Asian, Indian family values firmly rooted in our cultures.
Vatican conference urges church to abandon just war theory

May 02, 2016

Facing a horrible, violent death, Jesus taught the first leaders of his church to respond to violence with peace.
The Francis Gaze

May 02, 2016

One of the parlor games of Catholic philosophers is placing a philosophical tag on the thought of various popes.
The ecclesiology behind Amoris Laetitia

Apr 22, 2016

Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on love in the family, Amoris Laetitia, is a landmark document in the history of modern papal teaching in how it approaches the hot-button issues of marriage and sexuality and, even more so, in its vision of the Church.