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Why the Death Penalty Is a Sore Point for Papal Authority
Pope Leo XIV marked World Day Against the Death Penalty, observed on October 10, with the following message on X: The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an...
The Unfashionable Faith of Ann Widdecombe
Ann Widdecombe, Reform UK’s immigration and justice spokesperson and a former Conservative member of Parliament, was found dead in her home in Devon on July 9, in what police...
Andrea Grillo and the End of His Usefulness
No one with any knowledge of Roman universities would be the least surprised to hear that Sant’Anselmo, a pontifical university with a reputation for liturgical studies, harbors a professor...
Pope Leo and Traditionis Custodes
Not long after Traditionis Custodes was published in 2021, I flew to Rome in my official capacity as president of Una Voce International, the grouping of Una Voce or...
Pope of Ambiguity
One of the constants of the Franciscan pontificate was the favor with which he was treated by the secular English-speaking media. Alongside the tributes that international diplomacy requires, we...
Why are Catholic Academics Supporting the Four Cardinals?
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a score of Catholic academics and pastors—of whom I am one—spoke out, in an open letter, in support of the “Four Cardinals”...
