Ending Priestly Celibacy Would Not Stop Abuse
Trotting out the canard that married priests would mean less abuse isn’t just ignorant. It’s a shocking disservice to victim-survivors.
U.S. Catholic Bishops Meet in the Shadow, Still, of Clergy Sex Abuse
Expect the U.S. Catholic bishops to offer solutions to problems, not answers to questions.
The Spanish Inquisition Was a Moderate Court by the Standard of Its Time
In Elizabethan and Protestant propaganda, the Spanish Empire, and hence the Inquisition, figured as a grave evil threat.
The KKK Is Not the Christian ISIS
It has been suggested that ISIS is to Islam as the KKK is to Christianity, but the analogy doesn’t work: The Klan drew its original inspiration from Freemasonry.
The Catholic Case for Brexit
Among Catholics, neither the Remain nor the Leave side has a monopoly on the Church’s teaching and tradition, but consider the Catholic case for Brexit.