Vatican politics

Letters from the Vatican: #2

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

The second in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »

20 Feb 2019

Letters from the Vatican: #1

Edited by Xavier Rynne II

The first in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »

19 Feb 2019

Nothing About Us Without Us

by George Weigel

Recent synodal history suggests that more will be afoot at the Amazonian Synod than what its announced theme suggests. Continue Reading »

16 Jan 2019

Friendly Fire

by Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

Pope Francis has less to worry about from “enemies” than he does from his “friends.” Continue Reading »

7 Jan 2019

A Tough Year Ahead

by George Weigel

A tough year lies ahead. Yet Christ, risen and triumphant, remains present and available in the Eucharist. Continue Reading »

2 Jan 2019

Avoiding Another Roman Fiasco In February

by George Weigel

It is urgent that the issues at hand be properly defined before Pope Francis's February 2019 meeting. Continue Reading »

5 Dec 2018

Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church by john w. o’malley belknap, 320 pages, $24.95 In 1860 Pope Pius IX lost the papal states, which had been held by his predecessors for a thousand years. Four years later he issued the Syllabus of Errors. The eightieth and . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

The Papal Foundation & McCarrick’s Conflict of Interest

by Matthew B. O’Brien

Did McCarrick and other abusers use the grant-making power of the Papal Foundation to curry favor and buy protection from Vatican officials? Continue Reading »

28 Sep 2018