The Catholic Church is dividing along culture war lines. For many conservative Catholics associated with the “old guard leadership” of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic cable channel EWTN, Pope Francis is enemy number one. David Gibson, […]
global Catholicism
The global Catholic church
Notre Dame historian John McGreevy: Quick: Name the countries with the most baptized Catholics. You might guess Brazil (172.2 million) or the United States (72.3 million). You might miss Mexico (110.9 million) and the Philippines (83.6 million). You might be […]
Should Catholics promote democracy?
This is the title of a Commonweal podcast with Catholic historian and University of Notre Dame provost John McGreevy. A summary: For most of its history, the Catholic Church clung to a deep skepticism concerning the legitimacy of democracy. But […]