Via John Allen: Pope Francis today named Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and seven other figures with reputations as reformers to guide a new Vatican anti-abuse commission, a move intended to demonstrate resolve about confronting the child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked Catholicism… The lineup for the new “Pontifical Commission for the Protection… Read More Pope Francis Creates Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Millennial writer Billy Kangas has a new article in Relevant, where he discusses the “the baptism of pop-culture for the sake of outreach and evangelism”: When the Church employs superficial symbols to communicate the Gospel, the Gospel can only take hold of people on a superficial level. Jesus is actually seen as a clingy friend in the image who texts… Read More Billy Kangas in Relevant: The Problem with a Pop-Culture Christ

Certain conservative and Republican activists have frequently used the tactic of dividing Catholic social teaching into two separate categories, with one set (those that align with their ideological or partisan preferences) framed as the more important or ‘non-negotiable’ set of positions. This approach is intellectually, morally, and theologically indefensible. Our faith should inform the way… Read More Pope Francis: There Is No Special Set of “Non-Negotiable” Values