Pope Francis’s Reset Button
by P. J. SmithRecently, bishops have been urging a return to Evangelii gaudium in order to understand Francis. Is this an attempt to hit the reset button on Francis’s pontificate? Continue Reading »
The Principled Ambivalence of Pope Francis
by Robert P. ImbelliThe governing principles of Pope Francis's Evangelii Gaudium remain inchoate and uncertain. Continue Reading »
A Time of Crisis
by Dan HitchensIn this time of anxiety in the Catholic Church, the words of St. Vincent of Lerins may offer some comfort. Continue Reading »
The Pope’s Five-Year Plan
by Marco TosattiThe rule limiting bishops to a single five-year term seems to only apply to some—those who question Amoris Laetitia. Continue Reading »
Whose Bourgeois Morality?
by George WeigelThose who dismiss critics of Amoris Laetitia as members of a “middle-class lobby” are missing the point. Continue Reading »
The Persecution of Orthodoxy
by Josef SeifertFor questioning the implications of Amoris Laetitia, Josef Seifert was dismissed from his chair at the International Academy of Philosophy. Continue Reading »
The Filial Correction Online
by P. J. SmithThe debate over Amoris laetitia seems strange and strident largely because it is the first to take place in the world of social media platforms. Continue Reading »
Revelation on Tap: Vatican I and the “Amoris Laetitia” Controversy
by Aaron TaylorThe gift of papal infallibility flows not from our need for certainty, but from God’s desire that we know with certitude those truths necessary for our salvation. Continue Reading »
Awkward? Or Wise?
by George WeigelToo many of today’s churchmen seem unaware that the virtues are at the heart of Christian morality. Continue Reading »
Thanks for Everything, Pope Francis
by James ZacchaeusWhen my wife, Elizabeth, and I were married a quarter century or so ago, she was a practicing Christian in a mainline Protestant denomination, and her pastor married us. (N.B.: Neither of our true names, nor anyone else’s, appears in this piece.) I was decidedly non-practicing, a self-described . . . . Continue Reading »
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