Pittsburgh Steelers vs the Vatican

This story never was, “Priests abuse kids.” It was always (or should have been) the response of the organization to the allegations. I’m from Pittsburgh, and I couldn’t help but notice the difference: I think the contrast in appropriate response could not be a more clear one. “Let me start with an update of Ben …

Not Called to Communion: “The Church”-1

I want to take a minute here and talk about my hopes to continue to look at “Called to Communion.” After Ratzinger outlines his rules for “the base memory of the church” as his standard to judge both what the text says and what is “historically and objectively accurate” – as opposed to “a patient …