By Jason Berry A scene in The Two Popes, the charming new Netflix movie, has Anthony Hopkins as a brooding, gentle Benedict XVI hearing the unprompted confession of Cardinal Jorge Borgoglio, played by Jonathan Pryce in an adroit balance of modesty and…

by Jason Berry A review of ‘When Christians Were Jews’ Christianity’s growth in the decades after the crucifixion is a narrative seeded with mysteries. The early accounts of Jesus as Christ, as savior, spread in the late 40s A.D. through…

Commentary concludes with call to action for pope By Jason Berry | National Catholic Reporter Editor’s note: Jason Berry was the first to report on clergy sex abuse in any substantial way, beginning with a landmark 1985 report about the Louisiana…

Insiders, reporters reveal structural deception that hid clergy predators by Jason Berry | National Catholic Reporter Editor’s note: Jason Berry was the first to report on clergy sex abuse in any substantial way, beginning with a landmark 1985 report about the…

Three-part commentary begins with look at how the crisis reached this point by Jason Berry | National Catholic Reporter Editor’s note: Jason Berry was the first to report on clergy sex abuse in any substantial way, beginning with a landmark 1985…

In 2002, The Boston Globe investigation of clergy child abuse ignited widespread media coverage of negligent church officials. As their credibility took a pounding, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops hired R.F. Binder, a Madison Avenue consulting firm specializing in damage control.…

Published in the The Washington Post. The pope is a moral statesman on the global stage, a peerless voice for human rights. “If you want peace, work for justice,” Pope Paul VI memorably said. Now a crisis of justice confronts…