Massimo Faggioli
“Dead end”: German cardinal offers to quit over church abuse
By Nicole Winfield and Kirsten Grieshaber — June 4, 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Cardinal Reinhard Marx, offered to resign as archbishop Friday over the Catholic Church's mishandling of clergy sexual abuse cases, declaring that the church had arrived at “a dead end."
In Biden Communion debate, US bishops’ show willingness to test Pope Francis
By Claire Giangravé — May 28, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The pope’s vocal opposition to abortion, which he calls 'a grave mortal sin,' is often quoted by prelates who object to administering Communion to pro-choice political leaders.
Hans Küng, the theologian who wanted to stand tall
By Tom Heneghan — April 7, 2021
(RNS) — Küng paid dearly for his independence, being stripped of his right to teach Catholic theology by St. John Paul II and repeatedly frustrated in his efforts to reform the tradition-bound Vatican.
How Catholicism became a breeding ground for conspiracy theories
By Claire Giangravé — March 5, 2021
(RNS) — A perfect storm of institutional crises, the polarization of perceived winners and losers and an influx of evangelicals has made Catholicism fertile ground for conspiracy theories.
A gift of photos from a papal coronation opens a path for Jewish-Catholic healing
By Yonat Shimron — March 13, 2020
CARY, N.C. (RNS) — Howard Shulman didn’t know it at the time, but his donation of the photographs came just as the Vatican was opening its archives into Pope Pius XII's wartime conduct.
5 years of Francis: Prominent pope watchers debate his legacy
By Jack Jenkins — January 31, 2018
NEW YORK (RNS) — At one of the country's most elite Catholic universities, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat — a Francis critic — sparred with Villanova University theology professor Massimo Faggioli — a Francis fan.
Pope asks forgiveness for ‘irreparable harm’ from sex abuse
By Peter Prengaman — January 16, 2018
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — He opened his visit to Chile by diving head-first into a scandal that has greatly hurt the Catholic Church's credibility here and cast a cloud over his visit.
Tempest in a Catholic teapot
By Mark Silk — August 11, 2017
What to make of those conservative converts?
Could Pope Francis make women cardinals? A pipe dream, and an opening
By David Gibson — October 17, 2013
(RNS) There’s a saying in the Catholic Church that while only God can create the world, only a pope can create cardinals.
Benedict and Francis: How much difference is there?
By Alessandro Speciale — June 19, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Both Pope Francis and Benedict XVI want the same thing – to lead people to “understand and accept” the church's teachings. But they go about it in very different ways.
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