This week, Cardinal George Pell, a high-ranking Vatican official, was summoned to his native Australia to face criminal charges for… Read more Church Fear Of Scandal Hurts Abuse Victims In New York And Elsewhere
Author: cwexler
an award-winning journalist made a transition to a flourishing career as a public-interest lobbyist, and then returned to journalism, I am the author of Out of the News: Former Journalists Discuss a Profession in Crisis and Catholic Women Confront Their Church: Stories of Hurt and Hope
Pro-Trump Catholics’ Faustian Bargain Yields Bitter Fruit
Last year, many Catholic bishops and cardinals essentially made a Faustian bargain: They were willing to join hands with a… Read more Pro-Trump Catholics’ Faustian Bargain Yields Bitter Fruit
More Power To Bishops? Not So Fast
A lot has been written about Pope Francis’s goal of making the church more democratic, with less control by the… Read more More Power To Bishops? Not So Fast
Pence, Catholic Leaders, Share Narrow View of Faith at Prayer Breakfast
I guess some of us American Catholics ought to be happy we were not treated to the spectacle of President… Read more Pence, Catholic Leaders, Share Narrow View of Faith at Prayer Breakfast
Mother’s Day: Italian Style
I am not one to go all sentimental on Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day always was the day my own mother… Read more Mother’s Day: Italian Style
The Church’s False Equivalence Comes Back to Haunt Catholicism
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Washington D.C. archbishop, said something to the Washington Post on April 10 that screams false equivalence. When Barack Obama… Read more The Church’s False Equivalence Comes Back to Haunt Catholicism
A Modest Proposal to Catholic Conservatives: Fight Poverty
An open letter to conservative Catholic philanthropist Timothy Busch: Dear Mr. Busch, As a fellow practicing Catholic, I was riveted… Read more A Modest Proposal to Catholic Conservatives: Fight Poverty
After Four Years, Pope Francis Has Failed to Address Sexual Abuse in the Church
Today marks the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis’s election as pope. It is clear that the Pope has changed the… Read more After Four Years, Pope Francis Has Failed to Address Sexual Abuse in the Church
Is Catholic Church Anti-Woman?
On February 23, two Catholic feminist scholars debated whether the Catholic Church is anti-woman. To me that’s akin to debating… Read more Is Catholic Church Anti-Woman?
Et tu, Huffington Post?
It used to be that blogging for The Huffington Post was special. It was like being invited to a large… Read more Et tu, Huffington Post?
Celia Wexler 