Eugene Cullen Kennedy

Bishops meet at the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C., in January 2018. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn)

US bishops' latest display of desperation has roots in years of dysfunction

Commentary: The problem didn't begin with Biden. Whatever words on Communion the bishops come up with in November will not address the deeper wound, the loss of moral authority they brought upon themselves.

Cycles of coverage, clerical culture, generational trends

By Tom Roberts
Bishops and priests attend the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican in October 2018. (CNS/Paul Haring)
Guest Voices

The hierarchical spirit that will not die

By Eugene Cullen Kennedy
"Souls in Purgatory," detail, by José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican, 1871-1913 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Guest Voices

The purgatory of the sex abuse crisis

By Eugene Cullen Kennedy

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