Catholicism has a chance to help Africa during its pandemic ‘before’
- Apr 5, 2020
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Coronavirus vignettes from the global epicenter of the crisis
- Mar 24, 2020
The coronavirus phenomenon – not the disease, but the social and cultural dynamics surrounding it – has upended normal routines, generating unexpected and, occasionally, surreal new experiences.
Capuchin history a reminder that death often brings new Catholic life
- Mar 23, 2020
If significant historical crises often generate new realities in the Church to respond, what new impulses might arise from the coronavirus pandemic?
For idle lockdown hours, a thought experiment: What if there were a conclave now?
- Mar 22, 2020
For those of us fascinated by the Vatican and its vicissitudes, here’s a lockdown-inspired thought experiment: What would happen if Pope Francis were to die or resign right now?
On Pope Francis, the bishops and the politics of a plague
- Mar 21, 2020
There’s no sense pretending there isn’t an increasingly political edge to some Catholic conversation about the Church’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
On the coronavirus, rapid aging, falling fertility and Humanae Vitae
- Mar 18, 2020
There may be a correlation between declining fertility rates and rapidly rising elderly populations in many societies around the world, and the extent to which those societies have been impacted by the coronavirus.
Hullabaloo about Holy Week, the pope’s team pushes back, and life in the catacombs
- Mar 16, 2020
Since the Catholic Church is sui generis, the coronavirus scare is having some unique implications for ecclesiastical life.
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