With all of the attention being paid to the new encyclical from Pope Leo, there has been a lessening of attention to many of the burning ecclesial controversies simmering on the back burner. I am ...

First off, we’ll have to define “church” — which is like picking a fight in a place that’s been nastily stereotyped as a welcome mat for way-out-there sects, like the 1920s mother-daughter cult ...