The Christmas season has been noticeably less joyous in the Catholic Church the past few years. Continued news about old abuse scandals, allegations of cover-ups, and egregious behavior by priests and ...

This continues a blog series about my new paper, "The Limits of Church Autonomy." My first post (here) introduces the idea of church autonomy. The second (here) describes areas of confusion among ...

The Roman Catholic church failed to recognize the worldwide reach of clerical sexual abuse, Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley said Saturday at a press conference. "Many don't see it as a problem of the ...

It usually happens behind closed doors. Or not at all. Rarely does the public see or hear about a church chiding a member of its flock. But that's what happened at Ridgedale Church of Christ, which ...

Bethel Baptist Institutional Church is spending thousands defending itself from a lawsuit filed by three deacons who say they are worried about the way its leaders spend church money. The problem, ...

You can’t expect a movie, even one as riveting as Spotlight, to change the culture of a centuries-old institution like the Catholic Church. But perhaps the film can remind the church of its unfinished ...

In all my 15 years of ministry, I have never been forwarded, clipped, or emailed an article as many times as this one: “Cottage Grove church to usher out gray-haired members in effort to attract more ...

From the fictional Friar Tuck and the saintly Thomas Aquinas to the Blessed but rotund John XXIII, the Catholic imagination recalls many wise and compassionate, if conspicuously overweight, models of ...

As a young man I worked as a missionary in the Philippines. By 1973 I had departed the Philippines and the priesthood. On return to Ireland I was appointed by the Government Agency for Personal ...

A dozen pastors representing African Methodist Episcopal Churches across Connecticut gathered on the steps of the State Capitol Wednesday to throw their support behind police accountability ...