Columnist: Carl Olson

Polls, as a rule of thumb, should be taken with a grain of salt. Or even, at times, with a salt shaker. That said, the recent online poll by @Synod.va—the ...

In a certain sense, the Sexual Revolution is over; at the very least, the walls have been breached and the consequences are serious and long-lasting. The Reign of “Gay” is ...

Earlier this week, the Vatican issued the Instrumentum Laboris—the working document—for the October 2023 Synod. The 27,000 word document, which is divided in two basic parts: a section of dense ...

CWR: Based on your experience and reporting, what were the key factors in the clergy abuse scandals? In what way is the current situation different from the early 2000s? Lawler: There were ...

My wife and I entered the Catholic Church in 1997, not long before the news about clergy sexual abuse started coming out of Dallas. I recall having a conversation with ...