A meeting between the current Bishop of Rome and the current Patriarch of Moscow would not have been a meeting of two religious leaders. It would have been a meeting between a religious leader and an instrument of Russian state power. Continue Reading »
Reform will only happen if the Church remembers that she exists because of Christ and “in order to evangelize,” as Paul VI said. Continue Reading »
It is simply not the case that serious Christians can no longer use the categories of “just” and “unjust” in thinking about warfare. Continue Reading »
The result of the Synodal Way will not be evangelical renewal but a further abandonment of the gospel. Continue Reading »
Seduced by China’s growing power and influence, the Holy See risks forgetting that Vatican diplomacy must be defined by its moral dimension: its dedication to peace, justice, and human freedom. Continue Reading »
The ongoing Roman celebration of the Casaroli Ostpolitik as a triumph for Vatican diplomacy and a model for the future is sheer mythmaking—and damaging mythmaking at that. Continue Reading »
The Holy See should reconsider the sounds of silence with respect to Hong Kong and indeed all of China. Continue Reading »
Wuerl’s control over the Papal Foundation’s grant-making gave him outsize influence in the Vatican, just as it had for Theodore McCarrick. Continue Reading »
The second in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »
The first in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »
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