Paul VI and the Canonization of Vatican II

by Jake Neu

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

Why Francis Must Speak

by Gerald E. Murray

The question prompted by Viganò’s account of his personal interactions with Francis, must be answered. Continue Reading »

28 Aug 2018

What Francis Knew

by Philip Lawler

Viganò's letter implicates Pope Francis in the very behavior he denounced while in Ireland. Continue Reading »

27 Aug 2018

Pope Francis and Capital Punishment

by Edward Feser

One does not need to support capital punishment to worry that Pope Francis may have gone too far. Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2018

Craving Approval
Isn’t Evangelization

by George Weigel

The shenanigans of Cardinal Marx and Cardinal Ravasi suggest that Catholic Lite has decomposed into Catholic weightlessness. Continue Reading »

6 Jun 2018

What Happens in Germany

by Charles J. Chaput

The resolution of the intercommunion question in Germany will have far-reaching consequences in the Church. Continue Reading »

23 May 2018

The Chilean Bishops Crisis

by Philip Lawler

With the mass resignation of 34 Chilean bishops, we have reached the decisive moment of the Francis pontificate. Continue Reading »

22 May 2018