What Would Cardinal Meyer Say?
by George WeigelToday’s Catholic Church needs more leaders like Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer.
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Hans Küng and the Perils of Fame
by George WeigelHans Küng invented and then exploited a new personality type: the dissident Catholic theologian as international media star. Continue Reading »
The Rhine Breaches the Tiber
by Raymond J. de SouzaKüng and Ratzinger would represent the two kinds of reformers at and after the council. Continue Reading »
The Season of Our Discontent
by R. R. RenoWe’re all on edge. Only this morning, two of my neighbors were bickering in the lobby of our building. I was saddened but not surprised by the acrimony. The virus makes us anxious about our health and that of those we love. Public health measures put civic life on hold. Many of our cities are . . . . Continue Reading »
Christ at the Center of the Council
by George WeigelWhere the Council is interpreted in a Christ-centered way, evangelization thrives. Continue Reading »
The Next Pope and Vatican II
by George WeigelThe Catholicism with a future is the Catholicism of the Second Vatican Council. Continue Reading »
Joseph Ratzinger, Theological Reformer
by George WeigelJoseph Ratzinger remains one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented men of consequence in recent Catholic history. Continue Reading »
The Reformed Liturgy, 50 Years Later
by George WeigelFifty years ago, the Catholic Church marked the First Sunday of Advent with the universal implementation of the revised Roman Rite of the Mass. The liturgy wars have not abated since. Continue Reading »
Historical Clarity and Today’s Catholic Contentions
by George WeigelContrary to both traditionalist and progressive misconceptions, Catholicism was not a placid institution, free of controversy and contention, prior to Vatican II. Continue Reading »
This Catholic Moment
by George WeigelThe current crisis in the global Church is not the worst crisis in Catholic history, but it is bad enough. Nor is it confined to the scandals of clerical sexual abuse and malfeasant Church leadership, though those scandals crystallize its meaning and implications. Today’s crisis must be properly . . . . Continue Reading »
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