The purpose of Vatican II was to lift the Church from a defensive crouch and turn the Church’s institutions into launch-platforms for mission. Synod-2023’s dominant vocabulary did not reflect that evangelical purpose. Continue Reading »
Matthew Dal Santo’s “Theopolitics of Ukraine” (August/September 2023) is a welcome counterweight to “What Ukraine Means” from the May 2023 issue. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is the largest Orthodox church in Ukraine by number of parishes with more than 12,000. Before the start of the . . . . Continue Reading »
It is my prayer that the Synod on Synodality will be guided by the authentic faith formulated by the Fathers of Vatican II. Continue Reading »
The basic sociological fact of Christianity in the late-modern world is that the Christian communities that have offered the Rogerian Christ are moribund or dying. Continue Reading »
Over the past three weeks, it has become obvious that Synod-2023 is largely an assembly of Church professionals, and a narrow band of Church professionals at that. Continue Reading »
Authentically Christian accompaniment has a direction and destination, namely, Jesus Christ. Continue Reading »
Holiness is that which is essentially divine, categorically unlike any quality, even the loveliest, extant in creation. Continue Reading »
In order for the Church to advance her noble mission in the world, she remains in continuous need of deeply learned, faithful, and innovative leaders, within the Church and throughout the wider culture. Continue Reading »
If the call to “inclusivity” means blunting the sharp edges of the gospel, then that call is not a work of the Holy Spirit. Continue Reading »
The question of whether the Church has the authority to ordain women to the diaconate, as the diaconate is understood according to the ancient tradition of the Church, would seem to be a non-question. Continue Reading »
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