by Brian Robertson | Apr 7, 2022 | News
After 9 years, Francis reorganizes Vatican with focus on evangelization, roles for laypeople Published on National Catholic Reporter Mar 19, 2022 Rome — Pope Francis has overhauled the Vatican’s central bureaucracy for the first time in over 30 years,...
by Brian Robertson | Jan 14, 2022 | News
Author contemplates Catholic Church’s future by examining its recent past Book Review by Patricia Crowley Jan 8, 2022 in the National Catholic Reporter Gabriel Moran, who was always courageous, curious and respectful as he posed new ideas with a slightly...
by Brian Robertson | Dec 15, 2021 | News
Published on National Catholic Reporter (https://www.ncronline.org) Dec 6, 2021 Migrants were asked, ‘Why did you leave your home?’ Here’s what they said. by Michael Sean Winters Just as Pope Francis’ trip to Cyprus and Greece shone a...
by Brian Robertson | Jun 15, 2021 | News
Pope Widens Church Law to Target Sexual Abuse of Adults by Priests and Laity The new rules explicitly criminalize the sexual exploitation of adults by priests who abuse their authority, and the changes also apply to laypeople with power in...
by Brian Robertson | May 31, 2021 | News
by Patricia Lefevere, National Catholic Reporter, Apr 6, 2021 Catholic priest and theologian Hans Küng, the renowned scholar and prolific writer who had lived with Parkinson’s disease, macular degeneration and arthritis since 2013, died April 6 at his home...
by Brian Robertson | Feb 7, 2020 | News
This is the second of two parts of an article on Celibacy by Fr Anthony Egan SJ that appeared in Spotlight.Africa The theological debate on celibacy — Part 2...