The one and only time I met Pope Benedict XVI was when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. The time was 1988, and the place was St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in New York. The occasion was a lecture by the cardinal arranged by Fr. (then Lutheran Pastor) Richard John Neuhaus. The occasion was . . . . Continue Reading »
Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Benedict in Istanbul in 2006 ( Source ) From the Orthodox Christian Network : His All-Holiness closely cooperated with the Pope during the tenure of Pope Benedict, issuing joint statements on contemporary problems facing humanity and realizing official exchange . . . . Continue Reading »
R.R. Reno on Benedict and the next pope : Ratzinger fought an intellectual battle for sanity in the long decade of theological insanity that followed the Council. When he was appointed as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by John Paul II in 1981 he was no longer a young turk . . . . Continue Reading »
I had to say SOMETHING about the last episode after all. . . . . Continue Reading »
Fr. Robert Barron discusses Pope Benedict XVI’s possible successors on the Today show: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy For more speculation on the papabili , see Michael Brendan Dougherty’s list at Business Insider . . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks to Jason for his very instructive post below on Wendell Berry. For me, it’s not so much that Berry is for same-sex marriage these days. It’s that he thinks—with his characteristic self-righteousness—that anyone who disagrees with him is a bigoted jerk in the thrall of . . . . Continue Reading »
“Pope Emeritus”? Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law Heart Work Louis Markos, Touchstone Money, Culture, Authenticity Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic Should a Reformed Pastor Be Charismatic? Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post How Timbuktu Saved Its Books Tristan McConnell, Harper’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Wendell Berry’s comments on gay marriage last month raised some eyebrows among conservatives. Were his comments a ‘ Grandpa Simpson moment ’ or the logical outcome of Porcher presuppositions? Below are snippets of what he said. On Nature: “If it can be argued that . . . . Continue Reading »
This line from Sam Tanenhaus’s article on the “original sin” of conservatism jumped out at me: Calhoun’s innovation was to develop a radical theory of minority-interest democracy based on his mastery of the Constitution’s quirky arithmetic, which often subordinated the . . . . Continue Reading »
When Cardinal Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, we all knew that his papacy would not last as long as some predecessors. So his resignation should not be a complete surprise, and we ought to praise God for the eight years that Pope Benedict has been able to serve and lead the Catholic Church. . . . . Continue Reading »
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