For the sake of individual and collective health, do not give in to self-pity or anger at Donald J. Trump's victory. We need balance and wholeness to move forward while protecting the most vulnerable.
Louisiana Bishop Douglas Deshotel's move to excommunicate a Catholic deacon who left the church after his son was molested by a priest was devoid of the humanity of Jesus.
The Texas attorney general's move against Annunciation House is essentially a lawsuit aimed at Catholic social justice teaching and Gospel values. But people who take Gospel instructions to heart can fight back.
Allowing priests to marry is hardly the answer to all of the church's demographic challenges or the broader and deeper problems of clerical culture. But it would be a significant step toward honesty and consistency.
Cardinal Robert McElroy recently urged Catholic universities to use Laudato Si' as central to their missions. This approach is required to truly live out church teaching on integral ecology, solidarity and justice.
The statement on Laudate Deum from the U.S. bishops' conference read more like an "out of office" kickback email than the "welcome" its title claimed it to be for Pope Francis' new exhortation on the environment.
