Tom Roberts
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Fr. Don Cozzens unveiled problems in the priesthood, and modeled solutions
Fr. Donald Cozzens turned the tables on conventional ideas about priest and prophet. He showed that priests of the modern era need not play t... → Read More
It's not about ethics, it's about how we imagine God
"I come to this conversation as a Black, gay priest and theologian." That was the opening line of Fr. Bryan Massingale's July 4 talk at the 50th anniversary conference of DignityUSA, a group tha... → Read More
We're waiting on the decision about women deacons
Will he or won't he? That's the question being asked in some circles as the date approaches for the pope's appearance at this year's May 6-10 meeting of the International Union of Superiors General (... → Read More
For Catholics in the church's 'middle,' patience has run out
If there were a compass mark for a true-north Catholic, John Carr could well be the setting. He defies the divisions within the Catholic community because he's not divided on anything when it c... → Read More
Let's challenge our presumptions of humility, tradition
How about if we spend some time talking about humility? A jarring thought, perhaps, in the current climate. The topic is about as counter-cultural as one might get given the zero-sum nature of our po... → Read More
SNAP's evolution evident at gathering, in wake of departures
SNAP, the organization that has become synonymous with uncovering the clergy sex abuse scandal, may be outpacing its acronym. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, established in 1988, ha... → Read More
Morning Briefing
Trump on Charlottesville, Virginia, round three: New York Times: President gives white supremacists an unequivocal boost Washington Post editorial: The nation can only weep Who are the members of... → Read More
Statement on Pell case by bishopaccountability.org
Cardinal Pell in Court: Statement by Anne Barrett Doyle, Co-Director, BishopAccountability.org Although today's hearing in Melbourne was merely procedural, its impact will be felt worldw... → Read More
The clergy's task is unfinished in confronting sex abuse
Commentary: There has been a psychic numbness at the heart of clerical culture that has enabled it to keep the most unsettling truths of the scandal at bay. → Read More
Morning Briefing
NCR Today: Trump's foreign policy; NCR's editorial on the Knights of Columbus; Francis in Genoa; mosque in New Jersey wins settlement; sisters give up share in Irish hospital → Read More
Morning Briefing
NCR Today: A wrap-up of our coverage of Trump's trip so far; the administration's budget; more Russia; Manchester bombing; 'Handmaid's Tale'; younger women religious moving ahead → Read More
Gloom prevails at 'Age of Trump' panel, but historian sees hope
"Catholics and Politics in the Age of Trump," sponsored by Commonweal magazine, was, in some respects, a public enactment by professionals of today's living room anxieties. → Read More
Morning Briefing
NCR Today: Trump's tax plan; The end of foreign aid; Roman news round up; The Democrat's litmus test; Utah bishop challenges flock in pastoral letter. → Read More
Georgetown panel discusses complexities, humanity within immigration debate
Three refugees, among them a Trump supporter, and a border diocese bishop were part of the March 20 panel discussion that explored immigration reform. → Read More
Morning Briefing
Morning Briefing: ACA replacement bill faces backlash, even from conservatives; what a day without women would look like; Sr. Simone Campbell at the Vatican on male power → Read More
Morning Briefing
NCR Today: Stunning setback for Vatican commission on sex abuse; Trump goes all presidential in first address to joint session of Congress; Hans Kung issues statement → Read More
Survey finds gloomy electorate, divided and worried
It is a gloomy electorate, deeply divided on fundamental issues and increasingly worried about terrorism, crime and personal economic security, that candidates will face as the general election season turns toward the national conventions later this summer. That portrait of the country -- as anxious and divided not only by political party but on some issues sharply divided by race, class and age… → Read More
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Archbishop Kurtz: 'Amoris Laetitia' a call to find new ways to walk with people
Describing what it means to be "pastoral" is a lot more difficult than understanding a decree, for instance, that says girls can or cannot be altar servers or that women can or can't have their feet washed during Holy Thursday services. Rules and laws are precise. But what does it mean to have, as Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz put it recently, "a pastoral mindset"? Understanding what that… → Read More
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