Father James Martin: An alarming number of Catholic clergy contributed to an environment that led to the fatal riots at the U.S. Capitol.

Hitler. Pinochet. Franco. The bishops have missed opportunities to stand up for democracy in the past. We can’t let it happen again.

“This has got to stop,” Bishop Robert Barron said. “And I say that as an American but...also as a Catholic bishop.”

“Covid swept away a number of our distractions and so, at least in principle, allowed us to wrestle with the questions that really matter.”

The head of the German bishops’ conference called for far-reaching changes to the Catholic Church and criticized the Vatican’s treatment of the church in his country.

I have never been a big fan of needles and injections; but even if I winced, I was happy to be among the first to submit my arm for an injection of the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.