Interviews

In a polemical age, author says keeping faith means going to the essentials
- Feb 24, 2020
In a new book, former British atheist-turned-Catholic author Sally Read takes people back to the essentials of the faith, exploring the importance of staying open and having a personal relationship with God amid the pressures of a highly divided and often skeptical society.

By Elise Ann Allen
Church can do more to help with mental health, expert says
- Feb 22, 2020
Maggie Musso (née Skoch) earned a BA in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, where she developed a passion for working with and serving people with mental illness.

By Charles C. Camosy
In pope’s homeland, laypeople at forefront of child protection in the Church
- Feb 21, 2020
When it comes to the protection of minors from clerical sexual abuse, one of Argentina’s foremost experts on the issue says the laity have a key role to play if the institution really wants to say, “never again.”

By Inés San Martín

Vatican Radio was ‘positively aggressive’ in countering Nazi ‘fake news’ efforts, new book says
- Feb 17, 2020
Nathan Morley’s ‘Radio Hitler: Nazi Airwaves in the Second World War’ – due to be published by Amberley in August – uses first-hand interviews, archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine Hitler’s radio and how it used ‘fake news’ to spread Nazi propaganda.

By Charles Collins
Widower-turned-priest backs both celibacy, viri probati
- Feb 16, 2020
As the debate on married priests ferments following the publication of a major papal document that was expected to address the issue, one married man who became a priest when his wife died has weighed in on the issue, saying he supports both celibacy, and viri probati.

By Elise Ann Allen
Professor warns change to St. Louis University core curriculum waters down Catholic identity
- Feb 14, 2020
Critics fear changes to St. Louis University’s core curriculum will leave students without an adequate understanding of theology and Catholic moral teaching.

By Charles C. Camosy