Dermot Roantree
Change we can believe in, No. 1
October 1, 2015
DERMOT ROANTREE :: One of the features of the current pontificate is that it has given rise to unending chatter about the Church and change. Sometimes the talk is about...
Read moreBonhoeffer in Rome
January 23, 2015
DERMOT ROANTREE :: On his visit to Italy as an 18-year-old in 1924, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was enthralled by the sights he witnessed in the Jesuit mother-church, the Gesù, and in...
Read morePope Francis and his discontents
January 13, 2015
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Pope Francis may be the most popular man in the world, but he certainly has his critics. The most vocal – and at times intemperate – of...
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