Interviews

Anti-abuse expert says it’s clear: Bishops must follow rules
- Jun 10, 2016
“I believe this is a very important step,” said Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, one of the Church’s leading experts on the fight against child sexual abuse, of a new move by Pope Francis to lay out procedures for removing bishops who are negligent in handling abuse allegations. “It doesn’t clarify everything, but it gives a clear signal to bishops: they have to follow the rules.”

By Inés San Martín
Leading cleric says Orthodox Church’s ‘Vatican II’ is a go
- Jun 7, 2016
“Unity is an objective, not a given,” says the Rev. John Chryssavgis, an archdeacon and theological adviser to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. “It may be there spiritually and liturgically and sacramentally, but to make it visible is hard, painful, slow work, and it takes time.”

By John L. Allen Jr.
Elizabeth Johnson bio features her formation, reactions to criticism
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By Heidi Schlumpf

How Bach’s music evangelized Japan
- Jun 4, 2016
In one of the most secular countries in the world, Japan, many people are avid fans of Christian classical composer, Johannes Sebastian Bach. The question is, why?

By Mary Rezac

Catholic leader in Ukraine says Russian invasion is world’s problem
- May 31, 2016
Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine says of Russian policy: “If a big country has a right to invade a small neighbor, international law does not exist.”

By Elise Harris, CNA
Ethicist says U.S. has moral duty to respond to refugee crisis
- May 27, 2016
Father David Hollenbach says that if you can’t swim, you’re not obligated to jump into a river to save a drowning child. The U.S., however, can help refugees, so he says it’s time to jump.

By Kim Lawton
Imam says Muslims and Christians suffer together in Middle East
- May 24, 2016
ROME—After his historic meeting on Monday with Pope Francis in the Vatican, the Grand Imam of Egypt’s al-Azhar mosque said the “rivers of blood” in the Middle East must end, and warned that if terrorism is allowed to fester, East and West “will suffer together.” “Today I am in the heart

By Inés San Martín
Even in Francis era, it’s okay to have doubts on immigration
- May 24, 2016
With presidential elections fast approaching in the United States and Europe in the midst of a serious migrant crisis, few topics are more hotly debated today than the question of immigration. Some are radically opposed, especially when it comes to significant numbers of mostly Muslim migrants, while others advocate an

By Thomas D. Williams