THIS WEEK

Highlights from the print edition:

Unprecedented momentum

Unprecedented momentum is building toward a nuclear weapon-free world and the opportunity must not be lost, says Senator Douglas Roche.
— page 5

Demoralized Catholics
Increasingly, says Rev. Richard McBrien, Catholics are becoming demoralized when a tiny minority of parishioners who have a complaint end up feeling empowered by the knowledge that their views can trump those of the pastor and the majority of fellow parishioners.
— page 14

Christianity after Easter
“Fewer people see Easter faith as bonnets and cantatas, or as institutions defending themselves,” says Tom Ehrich. “Instead, they see Easter as an emptying, a cleansing, and a fresh journey onward, away from death and toward life.”
— page 14

Failing grade
The Vatican gets a failing grade for not understanding a basic fact of modern life, says Michael Sean Winters: “Until they confront the crisis and respond directly to the criticisms raised, they will not be heard.”
— page 18