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

Why I Signed the Open Letter to Germany's Bishops

by Salvatore J. Cordileone

I 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 »

14 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

What Happens in Germany, Revisited

by Francis X. Maier

Confusion within the German Church never stays within the German Church.  Continue Reading »

26 May 2021

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

Gnostic Politics

by R. R. Reno

I recently met a medical student who was beginning her rotation in internal medicine. A special morning session had been set aside to discuss proper protocols for interacting with patients. The person leading the discussion came from the hospital’s office of diversity and inclusion. She emphasized . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 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

Standing Against Tyranny

by Russell A. Berman

A year before the end of his long life (1895–1998), the German author Ernst Jünger converted to Catholicism, a late change on a tumultuous path of searching and adventures that were far from exclusively spiritual. Born into a Protestant family, he attended conventional boarding schools, but at . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2020

Briefly Noted

by Various

Tyll: A Novel by daniel kehlmann, translated by ross benjamin pantheon, 352 pages, $26.95 Daniel Kehlmann’s novel Tyll, like its title character, is full of dark surprises. Tyll ­Ulenspiegel, a legendary figure from German folklore, is a prankster, magician, and traveling performer. Throughout . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2020