Dispiriting Signs for the Synod on Synodality

by Hans Feichtinger

Reform will only happen if the Church remembers that she exists because of Christ and “in order to evangelize,” as Paul VI said. Continue Reading »

26 Apr 2022

The Recovery of Fraternal Correction Among Bishops

by George Weigel

The Church has a “form” given it by Christ, and all true Catholic reform is in reference to that form. Continue Reading »

20 Apr 2022

Liquid Catholicism and the German Synodal Path

by George Weigel

The result of the Synodal Way will not be evangelical renewal but a further abandonment of the gospel. Continue Reading »

16 Feb 2022

Catholic Chaplaincy for the Rainbow Reich

by R. R. Reno

The German Catholic Church is doing something similar to the Episcopal Church, serving as a chaplaincy for the Rainbow Reich—the empire of diversity, equity, and inclusion that flies the rainbow flag. Continue Reading »

8 Feb 2022

Blessing and Blasphemy

by Gerhard Ludwig Müller

Rome must not watch in silence, hoping that the Germans can be pacified with tactical finesse and small concessions. Continue Reading »

24 May 2021

The Infidelity of the Present

by Robert P. Imbelli

The CDF statement, though seemingly focused upon the issue of the blessing of same-sex unions, has much wider import. Continue Reading »

19 Mar 2021

The World Episcopate and the German Apostasy

by George Weigel

The German bishops are in need of fraternal correction. Continue Reading »

10 Mar 2021

What to Know About the Synodal Way

by Hans Feichtinger

Sadly, the German bishops want to “reform” first and evangelize later. Continue Reading »

11 Feb 2021

The Catholic Parish Today

by Hans Feichtinger

Regardless of what many German bishops seem to think, priests today must not lead less, but more.  Continue Reading »

20 Aug 2020

“Wittenberg” in Synodal Slow Motion

by George Weigel

German Catholic leaders seem determined to create a nominally Catholic form of liberal Protestantism. Continue Reading »

25 Mar 2020