A Year of Bumps in the Road for Pope Francis
by Raymond J. de SouzaPope Francis has had a myriad of challenges in the eleventh year of his pontificate. Continue Reading »
In the Courts of Three Popes
by Mark BauerleinMary Ann Glendon joins the podcast to discuss her new book In the Courts of Three Popes: An American Lawyer and Diplomat in the Last Absolute Monarchy of the West. Continue Reading »
Next Steps for the U.S. Church After the Vatican Financial Scandal
by Brendan WilsonThe U.S. Church should demand nothing less than comprehensive financial reform of the Vatican.
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Rome’s Concordat
by R. R. RenoA few months ago, I predicted that the Francis pontificate would seek to establish cordial relations with the Rainbow Reich. (See “While We’re At It,” January 2024, composed late November 2023.) In mid-December the Vatican issued the declaration Fiducia Supplicans, vindicating my . . . . Continue Reading »
Does Fiducia Supplicans Affirm Heresy?
by Gerhard Cardinal MüllerThe refusal to accept Fiducia Supplicans is based on serious concerns and does not imply any lack of respect for the Holy Father. Continue Reading »
Fiducia Supplicans and Doctrinal Clarity
by Hans FeichtingerUnless the Holy See takes concrete measures now against those who go beyond the limits established by Fiducia Supplicans, it will lose credibility and authority. Continue Reading »
Idealistic Nihilism
by R. R. RenoWe live in paradoxical times. Over the last two generations, college students, especially at top-ranking universities, have been educated to believe that there is no transcendence. Human beings are a bundle of instincts, they’re told, or software in meat hardware, or some other reductive . . . . Continue Reading »
More Confusion About Same-Sex Blessings
by John Finnis, Robert P. George, Peter Ryan, S.J.With one minor exception, the Vatican's press release only accentuates aspects of Fiducia Supplicans that make it an obstacle to handing on, defending, and living by the gospel’s teaching on sexual morality. Continue Reading »
The Pope and the Black Hole
by Dan HitchensPope Francis is still the Vicar of Christ—even if he appears to have collapsed in on himself. Continue Reading »
German Catholicism: On the Brink or at the Cutting Edge?
by George WeigelGerman Catholicism may not be regarded in certain Roman circles as being “on the brink” so much as “at the cutting edge.” Continue Reading »
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