Blaming the Wartime Pope
During the second world war, Pope Pius XII was lauded for his singular efforts to halt the carnage, writes Newsweek's Kenneth Woodward.
Out of the Closet and into Chastity
My pilgrimage from being a homosexual-rights activist to living life as a chaste Catholic began in earnest when I read the writings of a modern-day Protestant martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Demonic activity and Church scandals
"By sexually abusing children, Satan desires to destroy the icon of the kingdom of God."
Division in the Church
It has been a news week quite unlike any other I have experienced in more than 20 years of Catholic journalism.
Why Men Matter
I spent the 1960s studying to be a priest, so I was exempt from the military draft. I never served in Vietnam.
Masculine Dads Raise Confident Daughters
My father never let me get away with self-pity. Never allowed me to win an argument with tears.
Dear Troubled Catholics — a Letter From Ralph Martin About the Current Crisis
I have never seen so many "ordinary Catholics" — who usually never follow or hear about Church news — as deeply troubled as I have seen them in response to the recent revelations about the retired archbishop of Washington, DC.
Slow-motion coup
In the classic Australian film comedy "The Castle", a man fights to keep his house from being expropriated for an airport expansion.
Cdl. Müller: "We are experiencing conversion to the world, instead of to God"
The former prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith discusses tensions over the proposed reception of Holy Communion by Protestants, continued conflicts over the Church's teaching about ordination, and homosexuality and ideology.