Books for Christmas—2022
by George WeigelHere's a list of several greats, ranging from baseball to theology, that would grace any Christmas tree. Continue Reading »
Here's a list of several greats, ranging from baseball to theology, that would grace any Christmas tree. Continue Reading »
Is Vatican II’s achievement in reaffirming the authority of bishops being undercut by the current preparatory process for the “Synod on Synodality” of 2023 and 2024? Continue Reading »
In To Sanctify the World, I suggest that the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI should be understood as one, continuous, thirty-five-year arc of conciliar interpretation. Continue Reading »
Some today think Vatican II was a big mistake, though examination reveals the opposite. Continue Reading »
Is there anything new to be said about the Second Vatican Council? I think there is. And I hope to have said it in To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II, which has just been published by Basic Books. Continue Reading »
Vatican II's heavy reliance on St. Thomas Aquinas is sadly often overlooked. Continue Reading »
Shia LaBeouf speaks with raw, unassuming language about the transforming grace of conversion. The actor is drawn to the old Mass because of its intrinsic merits. Continue Reading »
On July 22, the cardinal issued his long-anticipated decree on the implementation of Pope Francis’s 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes in the Archdiocese of Washington. Continue Reading »
The advocates of Catholic Lite, having lost the War of the Conciliar Succession theologically and needing a bogeyman to attack, now find it tactically useful to wildly exaggerate the number of conciliar rejectionists and their impact in the Church. Continue Reading »
The Holy Father says that he wants the Church to be a listening Church. If so, then he should be listening to a wide variety of voices in the U.S. before making claims that there are a significant number of Catholics in this country who reject Vatican II. Continue Reading »