Eucharistic Revival

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas joins the podcast to discuss his recent article, “What’s Really Needed for a ‘Eucharistic Revival?’” Continue Reading »

17 Jan 2023

Letters from Rome: #3

by George Weigel

When the Church solemnly commits Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to the Lord at the funeral Mass today, the curtain will come down on one of the most important and fruitful eras in two millennia of Catholic intellectual life. Continue Reading »

5 Jan 2023

Letters from Rome: #2

by George Weigel

The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for thirty-five years was a brilliant, holy man who bore no resemblance to the caricature that was first created by his theological enemies and then set in media concrete. Continue Reading »

4 Jan 2023

Benedict XVI, Disciple

by Thomas G. Guarino

It is rare that the Church is graced with a pope who is both a world-class theologian and an intensely spiritual pastor. Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2023

Get Real

by Jennifer A. Frey

In the mid-1980s, the Catholic philosopher Elizabeth ­Anscombe drew up a syllabus of errors, which she delivered—rather appropriately—in Rome, to a group of moral theologians. Her syllabus consisted of twenty theses, commonly held by her fellow analytic philosophers, that she deemed . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2023

The German Crisis, the World Church, and Pope Francis

by George Weigel

German Catholicism is often said to be in a de facto schism. That is an inadequate description. The German Catholicism manifest in the documents of the Synodal Path is in apostasy. Continue Reading »

14 Dec 2022

Books for Christmas—2022

by George Weigel

Here's a list of several greats, ranging from baseball to theology, that would grace any Christmas tree.  Continue Reading »

7 Dec 2022

Unintended Consequences

by George Cardinal Pell

There probably will never be a consensus on Vatican II and its legacy: to what extent it channeled the Holy Spirit, and how much its implementation was hijacked by the world, the flesh, and the devil. But all those who read George Weigel’s fine new book, whatever their points of view, will find . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2022

Diminished Bishops, the New Ultramontanism, and the Synodal Process

by George Weigel

Is Vatican II’s achievement in reaffirming the authority of bishops being undercut by the current preparatory process for the “Synod on Synodality” of 2023 and 2024? Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2022

Three Pontificates and Vatican II

by George Weigel

In To Sanctify the World, I suggest that the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI should be understood as one, continuous, thirty-five-year arc of conciliar interpretation.  Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2022