In the first part of a symposium on the ordination of women, Alice McDermott insists that the all-male priesthood is no small matter.
commonwealmagazine.org/why-not-women

Judith A. Merkle’s book asks: What is the role of religious life is in an increasingly secular, disaffiliated world?
commonwealmagazine.org/divine-seed

Last year, we hosted an amazing panel 'Faith, Feminism, and Being Unfinished.' So happy to share that Commonweal is publishing many of the contributions. First up is Alice McDermott

'No one pays attention to what the bishops say and do; rather, Strickland and clerics like him have rushed to fill the void.'

Massimo Faggioli on an emerging Trump-Strickland axis:
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The all-male priesthood of the Catholic Church has become an outward sign of inner corruption.

Alice McDermott: 'Why Not Women?'
commonwealmagazine.org/why-not-women

'Burnout has, so far, no official patron saint. Aquinas, who shared symptoms with its sufferers, seems like a good candidate.'

Jon Malesic on the spiritual costs of the way we work:
commonwealmagazine.org/burnt-out-case

''Oh, come on,' a smiling cardinal replied with a wink when I pressed him on the issue of women’s ordination. 'It’s you women who really run the Church.''

Alice McDermott: The all-male priesthood is no small matter.
commonwealmagazine.org/why-not-women

'Just over six months out from the 2024 presidential election, it could be said that a 'Trump-Strickland' axis may be coming into existence.'

Massimo Faggioli on emerging alignments between elements of the Church and Trumpism:
commonwealmagazine.org/will-trumpism-…

my latest in ⁦Commonweal Magazine⁩ on something that I would call the Trump-Strickland axis commonwealmagazine.org/will-trumpism-…

'My own daughter asked Sr. Nina, her fifth-grade teacher, why there were seven sacraments for Catholic men, but only six for Catholic women. Sister’s reply? 'Good question.''

The great Alice McDermott on the ordination of women:
commonwealmagazine.org/why-not-women

'The other looming concern: What happens after Biden and Francis are no longer on the stage?'

The latest from Massimo Faggioli: Will Trumpism spare Catholicism?
commonwealmagazine.org/will-trumpism-…

'Arguably, the environmental movement has now refocused its vision away from shaping a brighter future and toward stopgap measures and restive lamentation.' — Edward Tverdek, OFM
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Prof. Stiglitz's latest book comes out on Tuesday; I'll get to see him in conversation with Commonweal Magazine editor Dominic Preziosi on Wednesday in New York!

'There is no doubt that Gentile Christians, underwritten by the long history of Christendom, bear much of the guilt for the path that led to the Final Solution. That is our shame.'

Brad East: 'Still Supersessionist?'
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Why do we celebrate Earth Day in a world seemingly on the irreversible slide toward catastrophe?
commonwealmagazine.org/climate-change…

Peter Steinfels: Defenders and critics of a funeral disruption at St. Patrick’s Cathedral share a sense of entitled victimhood.
commonwealmagazine.org/hijacking-st-p…

'This is not strictly a matter of revolution or reform or personal transformation. It’s all three or nothing.'

On Earth Day, Edward Tverdek, OFM reflects on Pope Francis's ecological vision:
commonwealmagazine.org/climate-change…

'Should we, like France, incorporate philosophy requirements into our university and even high-school curricula? What might be the benefits of doing so?'

Ryan M. Brown: 'Who Should Study Philosophy?'
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'Most of the Declaration’s twelve thousand words are cogent and compelling.'

The Editors on gender, Church teaching, and 'Dignitas Infinita’:
commonwealmagazine.org/dignity-and-ge…