Michael Higgins

Oct 30, 2024 | ottawacitizen.com | Michael Higgins

Francis has embraced gay and divorced Catholics and dismantled power structures. Critics say he's presiding over the end of the papacy  •   •  You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentThere is a battle raging in the Catholic Church, with some believing the very soul of the 2,000-year-old institution is at stake. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.

Oct 10, 2024 | catholicoutlook.org | Michael Higgins

Please enjoy a thought-provoking footnote from the eighth chapter of my new book The Jesuit Disruptor: “Ragging the Puck.” The footnote comes from a discussion of the synodal document Enlarge the Space of Your Tent. Almost all reports raise the issue of full and equal participation of women: ‘The growing recognition of the importance of women in the life of the Church opens up possibilities for greater, albeit limited, participation in Church structures and decision-making spheres’ (Brazil).

Oct 6, 2024 | catholicoutlook.org | Michael Higgins

The usual: frantic drivers, occasional bouts of organization, and endless streams of tourists and pilgrims; the welcome: temperate weather in sharp contrast with last year’s debilitating heat and old friends re-connecting; the Synod mood: a potpourri of caution, anxiety, hope and wild expectation.

Sep 16, 2024 | catholicoutlook.org | Michael Higgins

Please enjoy an excerpt from the first chapter of my new book The Jesuit Disruptor: “The Popes and Me: a Personal Obsession.”When I was an undergraduate at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia in the 1960s, I had a column in the university newspaper, the Xaverian Weekly, in which I would indulge my penchant for pontificating.

Sep 13, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Michael Higgins

. Sept. 2024. 344p. ISBN 9781487010058. pap. $21.99. BIOG COPY ISBN This personal portrait of Pope Francis is less a biography and more of a sensitive and inspiring meditation on Francis as a leader, thinker, and servant of God. Award-winning Higgins (president emeritus, St. Jerome’s Univ.; coauthor, Power and Peril: The Catholic Church at the Crossroads) has written about Vatican affairs for decades.