Seismic shifts reshape US Catholicism

Archbishop Charles Chaput’s announcement Jan. 6 that the Philadelphia archdiocese will be closing schools in record numbers during the coming year  was the latest and loudest rumble in a series of seismic displacements that are permanently reshaping the look of U.S....

Five myths about anti-Christian persecution

John Allen offers valuable food for reflection in his NCR piece entitled “Five myths about anti-Christian persecution” French intellectual Régis Debray, a veteran leftist who fought alongside Che Guevara in Bolivia, has observed that anti-Christian...

Twenty two new cardinals and the next Pope?

In the past week there have been two significant appraisals of possible next steps in leadership in the Church. One is from the London tablet and the other from the National Catholic Reporter. John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter writes…”Naming new...
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