Critics, Enemies, and the Difference

by Francis X. Maier

Critics are not always enemies. Some speak out of love, even when their words are heated. Continue Reading »

21 Aug 2023 0

What Henri de Lubac Would Think of the Synod on Synodality

by Robert P. Imbelli

De Lubac warned of the danger of transforming the search for the kingdom of God into a search for secular social utopias. The participants of the ongoing Synod on Synodality could learn from his Christocentric vision of the Church. Continue Reading »

28 Jul 2023 0

Synod 2023: Reversing Vatican II?

by George Weigel

The Synodal Assembly in October will have to rescue the Synod from its Working Document. This has been done before, and it can and should be done again, in fidelity to the spirit and letter of Vatican II.  Continue Reading »

5 Jul 2023 0

Blessed Henri de Lubac?

by George Weigel

Without de Lubac’s pioneering work, the key texts of Vatican II would not be so richly scriptural and patristic in content and style. Continue Reading »

3 May 2023 0

The New Ultramontanism and the Dissing of Vatican II

by George Weigel

Any attempts to install a Catholic Lite version of Vatican II will ultimately fail, but much pastoral damage will be done in the interim.
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8 Mar 2023 0

Memo to Gen Z Catholics: Why Vatican II Is Still Important

by George Weigel

Dear Gen Z brethren: Please stop confusing the blogosphere with reality, and please read what Vatican II actually taught. Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2023 0

Letters from Rome: #3

by George Weigel

When the Church solemnly commits Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to the Lord at the funeral Mass today, the curtain will come down on one of the most important and fruitful eras in two millennia of Catholic intellectual life. Continue Reading »

5 Jan 2023 0

Letters from Rome: #2

by George Weigel

The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for thirty-five years was a brilliant, holy man who bore no resemblance to the caricature that was first created by his theological enemies and then set in media concrete. Continue Reading »

4 Jan 2023 0

Benedict XVI, Disciple

by Thomas G. Guarino

It is rare that the Church is graced with a pope who is both a world-class theologian and an intensely spiritual pastor. Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2023 0

The German Crisis, the World Church, and Pope Francis

by George Weigel

German Catholicism is often said to be in a de facto schism. That is an inadequate description. The German Catholicism manifest in the documents of the Synodal Path is in apostasy. Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2022 0