Bishops

An Open Letter to the Bishops of France

Masses without the faithful will soon lead to a country without Masses. Continue Reading »

28 Mar 2020

Doubling Down On a Bad Deal

Nary a public word has been spoken by Vatican diplomacy about the brutality of the Chinese communist regime. Continue Reading »

11 Mar 2020

As the Synodal Way Begins

by Hans Feichtinger

The Synodal Way is the culmination of a long history of German alienation from authentic Church renewal. Continue Reading »

10 Feb 2020

Pope Francis and the American Bishops

by Philip Lawler

Archbishop Charles Chaput rose to decry any suggestion that the American bishops are at odds with Pope Francis at last week’s meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Continue Reading »

19 Nov 2019

The “Synodality” Masquerade

by George Weigel

Over the 50-plus years of its existence, no one has figured out how to make the Synod of Bishops really work. Continue Reading »

13 Nov 2019

Fearlessness and the American Bishops in Rome

by George Weigel

For all its faults, the Catholic Church in the United States lives the New Evangelization better than any other local Church in the developed world. Continue Reading »

6 Nov 2019

Letters From the Synod–2019: #3

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

The “neo-colonialism” of dumbed-down expectations compounded by the imposition of First World preoccupations on Third World societies has been evident at Synod-2019. Continue Reading »

11 Oct 2019