The priesthood is too important to leave frozen in time
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Divided by more than a border
The Catholic Church in Canada and the USA
Ecclesial disquiet on the role of women
How will Pope Francis address a most thorny issue?
The ‘process of sainting’
A history of canonised Popes
Catholic patience sorely tested
US Catholics are reeling, once again, over some old wounds and some new ones. And this is happening at the same time that Pope Francis continues to command a media attention – US media foremost – the likes of which show business celebrities, international athletes, and political leaders can only dream about. And it is…
Thomas Merton as intellectual
Michael Higgins looks beyond monk’s Trappist roots
Enemies within and without
Pope Francis is engaged in a generational reform effort
Framing collegiality
Pope Francis is posing challenges for episcopal conferences, writes Michael Higgins
Pope Francis is no ‘straw man’
Opposition to the Pontiff is growing, writes Michael Higgins
Letter from America: A saint in the making
Michael Higgins examines the life of a woman set to be the first native American saint Amidst all the sturm und drang that is the current reality for American Catholics in an election year, and amidst all the prolonged upheaval created by the lingering aftershocks of the clerical sex abuse crisis, it came…