Pope Francis

Paul VI and the Canonization of Vatican II

By canonizing John XXIII, John Paul II, and Paul VI, Pope Francis is embracing Vatican II and the changes it wrought. Continue Reading »

12 Oct 2018

Catholicism After 2018

by R. R. Reno

Theodore McCarrick has been stripped of his status as cardinal for pursuing young men throughout his clerical career. “Uncle Ted” liked to take his “nephews” to bed with him. The public revelations of this fact evoked outrage. It was not so much that a churchman sinned as that he did so . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

Magisterial Irresponsibility

by Steven A. Long

Luis Francisco Cardinal Ladaria Ferrer of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has announced to the bishops Pope Francis’s approval of new material addressing capital punishment in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (number 2267). The inserted passage notes “an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

Francis and the Journalists

by John Waters

When you read the pope’s response in light of what has happened—or not happened—in the several days since, it acquires an ominous tenor. Continue Reading »

31 Aug 2018