Newman at the Amazon Synod

by Dan Hitchens

A spectre is haunting the preparations for next month’s Amazon Synod: the spectre of John Henry Newman.  Continue Reading »

24 Sep 2019

The Spirit of Vatican I

by Russell Hittinger

Vatican I:  The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church by john w. o’malley belknap, 320 pages, $24.95 In 1860 Pope Pius IX lost the papal states, which had been held by his predecessors for a thousand years. Four years later he issued the Syllabus of Errors. The eightieth and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

By What Authority?

by Gerhard Ludwig Müller

The pope’s words are at the service of the whole Tradition of the Church, and not the other way around. Continue Reading »

16 Jan 2018

Revelation on Tap: Vatican I and the “Amoris Laetitia” Controversy

by Aaron Taylor

The 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 »

25 Aug 2017

Peter Says No

by John Hunwicke

Just as Peter was not the dazzling originator of new teaching, his successors have more often served as a brake on innovation than as its impetus. This is as it should be. The Pope serves the Church best by saying “no” to errors and heresies. Continue Reading »

7 Feb 2017

Turkish Drummers, the TRC, and the Truth about the Bulls of Donation

by Douglas Farrow

It's a stolen land – and the Church is responsible? Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2017