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  • Author says New Evangelization must tackle ‘transmission crisis’

    Author says New Evangelization must tackle ‘transmission crisis’

    • Dec 21, 2020

    Stephen Bullivant is both a sociologist and theologian, and this gives him insight why so many people are leaving the Catholic Church.

    By Charles C. Camosy
  • Bologna’s Lercaro pointed to a papacy 50 years before its time

    Bologna’s Lercaro pointed to a papacy 50 years before its time

    • Aug 21, 2020

    In a sense, Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro of Bologna could have been Pope Francis a half-century before the fact, since he was a serious candidate to be pope in the 1962 conclave, reportedly drawing around 20 votes at his peak, before giving way to St. Paul VI instead.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • 60 years ago, a Pope met a Jewish icon and the world changed

    60 years ago, a Pope met a Jewish icon and the world changed

    • Jun 14, 2020

    It was June 13, 1960, when a distinguished French Jewish historian, intellectual and educator named Jules Isaac met St. John XXIII in a Vatican audience.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Pope Francis uses liturgy to help ‘hear the voice of the Lord and feel welcomed’

    Pope Francis uses liturgy to help ‘hear the voice of the Lord and feel welcomed’

    • Jan 25, 2020

    Monsignor Kevin Irwin believes that liturgy can aid priests in having the smell of the sheep.

    By Christopher White
  • Dispute ideas, pope tells theologians, but don’t confuse the faithful

    Dispute ideas, pope tells theologians, but don’t confuse the faithful

    • Nov 30, 2019

    Theologians must explore and debate disputed questions, at times even taking “risks” with what they propose, but those discussions should take place within the academy so as not to confuse the faithful, Pope Francis said.

    By Cindy Wooden
  • On Catholicism, Key West, and taking comfort in the present

    On Catholicism, Key West, and taking comfort in the present

    • Nov 10, 2019

    One way the Catholic instinct seeps through in Key West is a tendency among locals to compare the present state of the place unfavorably to a half-remembered, half-imagined past.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • In a secondary sense, Pope Francis delivers another homage to St. John XXIII

    In a secondary sense, Pope Francis delivers another homage to St. John XXIII

    • Nov 2, 2019

    There’s a sense in which the Francis papacy can be understood as a sort of salsa-infused homage to St. John XXIII.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • New film beckons thoughts of John Paul II, synods, and global perspective

    New film beckons thoughts of John Paul II, synods, and global perspective

    • Oct 25, 2019

    What every bishop I’ve ever spoken to who’s taken part in a Vatican synod would say, and I mean unanimously, is this: The experience helped them think in a more global way about the vicissitudes of the Church.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
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