The Two Popes: Baloney, Brilliantly Acted
by George WeigelAs history, the Netflix film The Two Popes is baloney on steroids. Continue Reading »
The Martini Curve Revisited
by George WeigelThe local Churches that have tried hardest to play catch-up with “history” and “the times” are collapsing. Continue Reading »
Two Popes, Too Many Untruths
by John WatersAs propaganda, The Two Popes is both hugely effective and extremely dangerous. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis and the American Bishops
by Philip LawlerArchbishop 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 »
The “Synodality” Masquerade
by George WeigelOver the 50-plus years of its existence, no one has figured out how to make the Synod of Bishops really work. Continue Reading »
On Wounded Shepherds
by Francis X. MaierA review of Austen Ivereigh’s latest book, Wounded Shepherd: Pope Francis and His Struggle to Convert the Catholic Church. 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 »
The Dogmatic Principle
by R. R. RenoLast month I made a pilgrimage to St. Mary’s Church, the university church at Oxford, when I was visiting that ancient city of dreaming spires. Ridley, Latimer, and Cranmer were tried and convicted there for Protestant heresy. But I did not have those men in mind. It was from the pulpit of St. . . . . 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 »
A New Cardinal Honors an Entire Nation
by George WeigelSigitas Tamkevicius’s enrollment in the College of Cardinals was a papal tribute to a brave man who exemplifies the best the Society of Jesus offers the Church and the world. Continue Reading »
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