Finding the Bishops We Need
by George WeigelLay Catholics can be helpful in identifying potential bishops with the apostolic zeal, and with the personal qualities and skills needed to be a leader whom others are eager to follow. Continue Reading »
How Not To Lead
by Charles J. ChaputPolitical discretion on the world stage can never be an excuse for local bishops to avoid speaking the truth, and—worse—to decline to provide counsel and encouragement to faithful Catholic public officials seeking their support. Continue Reading »
Demythologizing Conclaves
by George WeigelDebunking myths about papal conclaves will, I hope, function as a stabilizer, as the waters surrounding the Barque of Peter will likely get more turbulent before the next conclave meets in the Sistine Chapel beneath the stern gaze of Christ the Judge. Continue Reading »
The Recovery of Fraternal Correction Among Bishops
by George WeigelThe Church has a “form” given it by Christ, and all true Catholic reform is in reference to that form. Continue Reading »
Why I Signed the Open Letter to Germany's Bishops
by Salvatore J. CordileoneI hope and pray that the German bishops will listen to the Holy Father and their brother bishops and turn from their path of division. Continue Reading »
The Lens of Holy Thursday
by Francis X. MaierIn an open letter to the German episcopate, 80 bishops voiced their strong concern over the direction of Germany’s “Synodal Path.” Continue Reading »
The Vatican’s Unread Newspaper and the U.S. Bishops
by George WeigelThe Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, claims that the USCCB has made no mention of prohibiting Communion to pro-abortion politicians. This simply is not true. Continue Reading »
Catholic Progressives and the Culture War
by George WeigelCatholics who take the texts of Vatican II seriously refuse to truckle to, and in fact resist, those cultural aggressors who think of human beings as mere twitching bundles of morally-equal desires. Continue Reading »
Bishops, Public Officials, and Holy Communion: Once Again
by George WeigelRevitalizing a eucharistic Church requires a new clarity among the people of the Church about the nature of the eucharistic community—and what actions estrange Catholics from it. Continue Reading »
Episcopal Coherence
by Thomas G. GuarinoThe bishops’ most urgent obligation is to achieve principled consistency—according to the canons of natural justice and Catholic doctrine—concerning the priesthood of Jesus Christ. Continue Reading »
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