Can we all get along?
As the stories spin and positions harden, the very real male-female divide in the Catholic church grows and grows. It's bishops v. nuns. As Rodney King asked during the 1992 Los Angeles riots*, "Can we...
View ArticleFortnight of words
I'm not sure what the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Fortnight for Freedom accomplished except to send folks to their dictionaries for the definition of "fortnight." This new word from the...
View ArticleWhat would Mary Magdalene do?
Once a pope trashes you, it's pretty much downhill from there. So once Pope Gregory the Great in 591 declared that the "sinful" woman in Luke's Gospel who anointed Jesus' feet was Mary Magdalene, a...
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Australian church is alive and kicking -- mostly kicking
Article Details <strong>MELBOURNE and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA</strong> -- Ten days in Australia isn't nearly enough, except to find that the church is alive and kicking. Mostly kicking. My...
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Australia: Distances, demographics, disaffection underlie tales of resigned...
Article Details By Phyllis Zagano Bishop Geoffrey Robinson (Amy C. Elliott) Distances and demographics combine to tell the story. Three-quarters the size of the United States, Australia is mainly...
View ArticleInvincible ignorance and the bishops
Many years ago, Cardinal John O'Connor told me about "invincible ignorance" -- you can't be blamed for what you're not taught. He said point-blank that the bishops responsible for invincible ignorance...
View ArticleAnother letter to a woman religious
Dear Betty, I didn't think I'd need to write. By now, you're probably all LCWR-ed out. The hotel was crawling with media those four days. They all missed the real story. read more
View ArticleThey do it to themselves
I've learned recently that San Francisco's archbishop-in-waiting was arrested for drunken driving, a Hartford pastor assisted at a gay wedding in New York, and, according to a priest-preacher on Long...
View ArticleThe Bishop Robert Finn saga
One great mystery of Catholicism may be solved soon: how long does it take for something to get from Missouri to the pope’s desk? While the best way to boost a bishop’s reputation is for The New York...
View ArticlePraying for wisdom in the presidential race
Gov. Mitt Romney prays for wisdom and understanding every night. Barack Obama sits on the Truman balcony and looks at the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial. It's a study in contrasts. Do...
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