The Needs of the Vatican Tomorrow
by Francis X. Maier“The Vatican Tomorrow” outlines what the focus of the next pope ought to be in order to strengthen the Church and make up for the damages done by the current pontificate. Continue Reading »
Diminished Bishops, the New Ultramontanism, and the Synodal Process
by George WeigelIs Vatican II’s achievement in reaffirming the authority of bishops being undercut by the current preparatory process for the “Synod on Synodality” of 2023 and 2024? Continue Reading »
Bishops As Bureaucrats?
by Thomas G. GuarinoWe have briefly reviewed the issue of papal/episcopal jurisdiction in order to think about Pope Francis’s removal of the bishop of Arecibo. 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 »
Fearlessness and the American Bishops in Rome
by George WeigelFor 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 »
Reading the Signs of the Times
by Douglas FarrowThe Catholic Church has been reduced to propping up its own relevance as a “dialogue partner” to the world through whatever opportunity the age affords it. Continue Reading »
The Spirit of Vatican I
by Russell HittingerVatican 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 »
You Are Peter
by Dan HitchensThe papacy does not depend on the qualities of the men who take office. Continue Reading »
By What Authority?
by Gerhard Ludwig MüllerThe pope’s words are at the service of the whole Tradition of the Church, and not the other way around. Continue Reading »
Revelation on Tap: Vatican I and the “Amoris Laetitia” Controversy
by Aaron TaylorThe 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 »
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