Essay
Time to ordain women…or not
Women in the Church are freed for the prophetic role that can only belong to “outsiders.” […]
Priesthood
Essay
At the altar, yet far from the Lord
How can priests who are not only intimately united to the Eucharistic Lord but who also receive the graces of the Eucharist each day betray […]
The Dispatch
Once a priest, always a priest—even after a gay wedding?
A case in Italy involving a parish priest who “married” another man is raising questions in some minds about the permanence of priestly ordination. […]
Analysis
Amazon.va?
Germany probably doesn’t have that much concern about the ecclesial mess of Latin America but believes it can use their predicament to move the Church […]
Features
Cdl. Müller: “We are experiencing conversion to the world, instead of to God”
In an exclusive CWR interview, the former prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith discusses tensions over the proposed reception of Holy […]
Essay
Christ, the Eternal High Priest, and the meaning of priestly celibacy
It is the Church’s hope and desire that her celibate clergy (and her consecrated religious, too) would show forth to the world, in a unique […]
Features
A bishop reflects on 45 years of priestly ministry
“I like to say that I was not ordained to be irrelevant,” says Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island. “The Church, and bishops […]
Books
Dominican theologian: The goal of the priesthood is to get people to heaven
Father Romanus Cessario, O.P., reminds readers of the eternal focus of the priest, takes aim at the buzzword “discernment,” and shows why every attack on the […]
Analysis
The Youth Synod: The next step in the Francis papacy
The just-issued document for the upcoming youth synod emphasizes social justice, the empowerment of women, and changing the Church’s moral teachings. […]
The Dispatch
Catholicism at the bottom of the planet
A priest remembers his time ministering to those living and working in one of the world’s harshest environments. […]