Papal Populism & Theological Whiplash
Pope Francis can prompt ecclesial chaos with a few off-the-cuff comments, delivered to reporters during an airplane press conference.
Penitential Solidarity
As we continue to discover abuse, Pope Francis and others are rightly leading the whole Church in this corporate confession of sin.
Pope Francis: Shifting the Language
Five years in, Francis remains, if not a paradox, then definitely an emulsion: holding together within himself everyone’s expectations.
Bring on hip-hop Erasmus
As Peter Berger said, humor posits its “effervescent” reality against the “dense, heavy, compelling” reality of the present.
Gesture, liturgy, action: Anglican, Christian, ecumenical
Why are liturgical gestures and gift-giving so powerful?
Our progressive pope?
Pope Francis’s plea, like the Gospel he proclaims, comes first as a sledgehammer, and then as a balm. The Gospel is the bane of all ideologies.