Xavier Rynne II

The question of whether the Church has the authority to ordain women to the diaconate, as the diaconate is understood according to the ancient tradition of the Church, would seem to be a non-question. Continue Reading »

The Church as a culture must be a counterculture. Continue Reading »

Why do some in the Church seek to accommodate the sexual revolution, when the consequences of doing that are already disastrous? Continue Reading »

The Synod cannot lose sight of the fundamental moral issues that John Paul II clarified so well in Veritatis Splendor. Continue Reading »

The struggle for religious and individual freedom also requires the active participation of the Church in world politics. Continue Reading »

Synod-2023 has reignited the intra-Catholic war over the legacy of the Second Vatican Council.  Continue Reading »

The most difficult problems facing the Church today are the questions of who and what a human being really is. Continue Reading »

I address this letter to you, members of the . . . Synod on Synodality, supposing that you are as worried as I am about the outcome of this Synod. Continue Reading »

We dare not replace the deposit of faith—Christ the treasure, the eternal Word of the Father, traditioned to the Church—with some kind of process.  Continue Reading »

One of the most important tasks of Synod-2023 will be the clarification of its own specific character and authority—and just what is meant by “synodality.” Continue Reading »