The Rev. Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D. is a canon lawyer and the pastor of Holy Family Church in New York City. His new book (with Diane Montagna), Calming the Storm: Navigating the Crises Facing the Catholic Church and Society, is now available.

Cardinal McElroy Denounces the ‘Haters’

Saturday, March 2, 2024


Untangling Some Crucial Questions

Saturday, October 14, 2023


‘Outing’ the Liberal Catholic Project

Friday, September 15, 2023


The Worsening Crisis

Wednesday, August 9, 2023


The Synodal Church of “Me, Myself, and I”

Saturday, June 24, 2023


The Synod of Bishops: RIP

Saturday, May 20, 2023


Another ‘Revolution’ in the Church

Monday, March 27, 2023


Pope Francis Must Stop the Madness

Saturday, February 18, 2023


In Gratitude: Cardinal George Pell

Saturday, January 14, 2023


A Different Kind of Catholicism?

Monday, December 5, 2022


A Self-Destructive Synod

Monday, October 31, 2022


Vatican Failures in Cardinal Ouellet’s Case

Saturday, August 20, 2022


Does Enforcing Canon Law Harm the Flock?

Monday, July 11, 2022


Nancy Pelosi Is Blessed

Wednesday, June 1, 2022


Calming the Storm

Monday, April 25, 2022


Papal Abuse of Liturgical Law

Tuesday, March 22, 2022


What Are Bishops Supposed to Teach?

Thursday, February 17, 2022


The Cruel and Incoherent Further Restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass

Monday, December 20, 2021


As the Bishops Meet in Baltimore

Saturday, November 13, 2021


Whither the Synod on Synods?

Wednesday, October 20, 2021


The Pope and Civil Unions

Wednesday, September 22, 2021


A Cardinal and Bishop Who Get It

Thursday, August 19, 2021


Is This What the Church Needs Just Now?

Tuesday, July 20, 2021


President Biden and Public Scandal

Monday, May 17, 2021


Schismatic Stratagems

Saturday, April 24, 2021


A Bishop Who Must Decide

Wednesday, March 24, 2021


Germany’s Schismatic Synodal Way

Monday, February 22, 2021


Some Troubles in Dublin

Sunday, January 17, 2021


A Second Look into the McCarrick Report

Saturday, November 21, 2020


Pope Francis Oversteps the Papal Office

Saturday, October 24, 2020


Defending Life is not “Imposing” Religion

Saturday, October 17, 2020


Substitutes for Thought

Saturday, August 22, 2020


Great Summer Reading

Monday, July 27, 2020


Still Waiting for Full Accountability on Abuse

Wednesday, May 27, 2020


Respect for the Body

Sunday, April 19, 2020


James Martin S.J. Strikes Again

Saturday, February 29, 2020


What Priestly Celibacy Means

Monday, January 27, 2020


A Trojan Horse in the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Thursday, December 26, 2019


The McCarrick Report: Coming Soon?

Tuesday, November 26, 2019


Christ’s Triumph

Sunday, November 3, 2019


Papal Standards – and Questions

Monday, September 23, 2019


Viganò’s “Testimony,” One Year Later

Thursday, August 22, 2019


The Latest Confusion in Rome

Tuesday, July 23, 2019


McCarrick: Many Grave Additional Questions

Wednesday, June 26, 2019


Reflections on the New Sex-Abuse Norms

Saturday, May 18, 2019


Two Commentaries on Benedict XVI’s Letter

Wednesday, April 17, 2019


Questions on Two Abuse Cases – and a Good Development

Wednesday, March 20, 2019


Thank you, Cardinal Mueller

Thursday, February 21, 2019


Crime – and Punishment for the Good of Souls

Sunday, January 20, 2019


A Troubling Year in Review

Monday, December 17, 2018