Pope Francis

Who Is the Good Samaritan?

The Samaritan is none other than Jesus Christ. Christians, and no doubt many non-Christians, expect the Church to teach about Jesus Christ. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2020

Nineteenth-century France was the scene of bitter cultural and political conflict. The German invasion in 1870 inflicted a humiliating defeat on the French army. As the Germans put Paris under siege, the Second Empire of Napoleon III collapsed. Radical anti-Catholic leftists took control of the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2020

Christ the Pursuing Bridegroom

by Jay Scott Newman

To see what the Church understands marriage to be, we must look not to headlines, but to divine revelation in Holy Scripture and the Apostolic Tradition. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2020

Just War and Fratelli Tutti

by Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

It may be that Fratelli Tutti opposes the use of force in international relations altogether; it’s a question in need of further explication. Continue Reading »

28 Oct 2020

Fratelli Tutti and the Good Samaritan Society

by Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on “fraternity and social friendship,” will generate work for theologians for some time. Continue Reading »

23 Oct 2020

The Catholic Future

by Francis X. Maier

In the Catholic Church, synods of bishops are complex bits of theater. The pope sets the theme, observes the proceedings, and writes the “apostolic exhortation” that translates a synod’s work into teaching. Some post-synodal texts, such as Paul VI’s Evangelii . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2020

The Catholic Parish Today

by Hans Feichtinger

Regardless of what many German bishops seem to think, priests today must not lead less, but more. Continue Reading »

20 Aug 2020

The “Historic” Amazonian Synod, Revisited

by George Weigel

Cardinal Hummes is reimagining the recent Catholic past in order to make certain points about the Catholic present and the Catholic future. Continue Reading »

29 Apr 2020