What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
The death of Pope Francis, after a very public diminishment, closes a signal chapter in…
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Francis, the Roman Catholic Church’s First Latin American Pope, Leaves Behind a Complicated Legacy
As you probably know by now, Pope Francis has died. (Mere hours after meeting with—how…
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Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
One of President Biden’s final acts as US president was to grant clemency to American…
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Women are (Still) Fleeing the Church — And the Cause is (Still) Pretty Clear
Eight years ago here at RD I noted that women were fleeing organized religion—as measured…
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Comparing Gender Transition and Surrogacy to War and Human Trafficking, Vatican’s ‘Dignitas Infinita’ is an Intellectually Embarrassing and Harmful Mess
The good news about the Vatican’s recent document, “Dignitas Infinita: on Human Dignity” is that…
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Both the Joy and the Uproar Over the Pope’s Blessings for LGBTQ Catholics are Small Potatoes Compared to this Age-Old Church Problem
Roman Catholicism is in precarious shape when blessings are controversial. Just before Christmas, and on…
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Documenting the Struggle and Suicide of a Young Woman, ‘Dear Alana’ Podcast Raises Questions About Queer Identity and the Catholic Church
In advance of the Catholic Church’s recent global gathering, Pope Francis raised the hopes of…
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As a Queer Catholic Woman I Had High Hopes Before the 2023 Catholic Synod on Synodality
When the summit on the future of the Catholic Church began on October 9, I…
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Why the Roman Catholic Church Should Not Ordain Women as Deacons
For the first time in centuries the ordination of women is on the table in…
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In Repudiation of its Devastating Doctrine of Discovery, Vatican Masks the History and Responsibility of Catholic Church
What are the responsibilities of the Catholic Church when considering the historical realities of settler…
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