Letters from the Vatican: #3
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe third in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »
“Synodality” and the Rome Abuse Summit
by George WeigelThere is no single reform template that will address different forms of clerical sexual misconduct in quite diverse circumstances Continue Reading »
Letters from the Vatican: #2
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe second in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »
Letters from the Vatican: #1
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe first in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »
Evangelical Apocalypse
by Dale M. CoulterWe have to face issues of sexual abuse head on—the truth of the gospel is at stake. Continue Reading »
Sex Abuse Among Southern Baptists
by Keith WhitfieldSouthern Baptists must face reality: New reports of sexual abuse show a systemic problem spanning decades of neglect. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousSEMINARY REFORM I commend Thomas Berg (“Getting Formation Right,” December) for his suggestions for reforming the seminary system in light of the new Ratio Fundamentalis. Nevertheless, by failing to consider the time before and after seminary as a part of the solution, his proposals for . . . . Continue Reading »
False Feminism
by Katherine KerstenAs the #MeToo movement has spread from the upper echelons of Hollywood to the halls of Congress, what has most struck me is the startling disconnect between the movement’s feverish sensitivity to sexual impropriety, on the one hand, and women’s eager embrace of our nation’s sex-drenched . . . . Continue Reading »
Bishops Unbound
by Bronwen Catherine McSheaIn Before Church and State, Andrew Willard Jones describes a time when Christendom’s lay rulers were leaders in building the City of God. They “wielded the secular, temporal sword . . . bestowed on the Christian people by Christ himself.” In the medieval era, before sharp categorical . . . . Continue Reading »
Getting Formation Right
by Rev. Thomas V. BergI heard a bishop recently describe what his formation team does at his seminary: “They’re there and they keep an eye on the guys.” And I cringed. Priests assigned to seminary formation are not hallway monitors. They are intended to be mentors, teachers, and guides—nuances all captured in . . . . Continue Reading »
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