The contemporary crisis of sexual abuse extends beyond celibate Catholic clergy to denominations, such as the Southern Baptists, where leaders are often spouses with children. Our Sunday Visitor chaplain Monsignor Owen Campion traces the issue to our current “anything goes” philosophy of
Columnist Russell Shaw explores the life and papacy of Pope St. Paul VI, who sensitively and conscientiously led the Church from 1963 to 1978. He is most famously known for his encyclical Humanae Vitae, which met much dissent, but the pope stood
Pope Paul VI is finally getting his due. On Oct. 14, when Pope Francis canonizes the pope who served from 1963-78, he will definitively attest to the goodness of a shepherd who guided the Church through tumultuous decades of transition and who
As we make our way through life as Christians, some signposts are clearer than others. Out of love for God and neighbor we will not kill, steal or commit adultery. Other signposts are harder to see. But they can become clearer over