Pope Gregory XIII was patron of Rome’s renaissance, and a legal luminary whose influence transcends the ages.
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The College of Cardinals is an important part of the church’s governance structure. Its members elect the next pope and help develop future policies for the church.
Apologizing for people versus the establishment that upheld not only the Indian Residential Schools system but protected – and continues to protect — the people who committed the crimes is horrifying.
Pope Francis and the Catholic Church must make a plan with Indigenous Peoples, not for us, in order to walk the path of reconciliation. Some initial suggestions of what a plan might include.
Pope Benedict XVI’s many years of wrestling with the abuse crisis highlight the Catholic Church’s broader challenges addressing it.
A German report accused retired Pope Benedict XVI of mishandling several cases of sexual abuse in the 1970s and 1980s. Here are a few of our related articles on the Catholic Church’s crisis.
If anyone can convince the Maduro government and the Venezuelan opposition to come together to fight COVID-19, it’s the Pope. But the Church’s power to negotiate an emergency deal is limited.
Pope Francis continues to champion the importance of science in our world. Having the head of the Catholic Church support various scientific movements is a win for us all.
There is rich Catholic heritage of resistance. Catholic protesters have used powerful religious symbols, including vials of their own blood, as an extension of Christ’s blood, to demand change.
For scholars, researching the Catholic Church can mean a laborious process involving several years. And talking to survivors of clergy sex abuse can carry its own pain and personal toll.
The real lessons of Jesus Christ as outlined in the Bible are socialist. But the Church, a veritable old boys club, doesn’t teach us that.
The Vatican is training priests to recognise and deal with the demonically possessed. This re-emergence of the Devil in popular Western culture is part of a new engagement with an enchanted world.
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Early Christianity, Cornell University
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Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
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Associate Professor, Sociology, Athabasca University
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Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
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Visiting Scholar, International Studies, Boston College
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Professor of Law, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Sociology, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University of Lethbridge
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Director, Center on Religion and Culture, Fordham University
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Associate Vice President (Indigenous Engagement), University of Regina
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
