Patrick McKinley Brennan (Villanova): Implementing Religious Law in Modern Nation-States: Reflections from the Catholic Tradition. Gregory Bassham (Kings): Does Philosophy Still Deserve a Special Role in Catholic Higher Education? Helen M. Alvare (George Mason): A “Bare Purpose to Harm”? Marriage and Catholic Conscience Post-Windsor. Byron E. Shafer (Wisconsin) and Richard H. Spady (Johns Hopkins): The Catholics and the Others: The Denominational Backdrop to Modern American Politics. Patrick Deneen on a Catholic showdown worth watching. Even as US Hispanics lift Catholicism, many are leaving the Church behind. Pope Francis' Latin Lessons: Omar G. Encarnacion on how Latin America shaped the Vatican. The Pope’s New Clothes: The new sexist, nun-hating, poverty-perpetuating, pedophile-protecting homophobe is the same as the old sexist, nun-hating, poverty-perpetuating, pedophile-protecting homophobe, but gosh how the media loves him. Alma Guillermoprieto on how this charismatic, radical pope keeps surprising the world — while secretly dividing the Catholic Church. When the Pope speaks, liberals and conservatives only hear what they want to hear. An adviser to Pope Francis says Catholicism is incompatible with libertarianism — he's right. Leah Mickens on why Pope Francis is making “Cafeteria Catholics” out of the Catholic Right. These popes are not saints: Jeffrey Tayler on why it’s time for the media to stop believing in “miracles”. Why do many Christians still literally believe in demons and Satan? Decline of religious belief means we need more exorcists, say Catholics, against a rise in black magic, Satanism and the occult. Exorcism is back: Meet the mavericks who will teach you how to cure demonic possession.
