How Cardinal Wuerl Misled the Papal Foundation
by Matthew B. O’BrienWuerl’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 »
Letters from the Vatican: #2
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe second in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »
Letters from the Vatican: #1
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe first in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. Continue Reading »
Nothing About Us Without Us
by George WeigelRecent synodal history suggests that more will be afoot at the Amazonian Synod than what its announced theme suggests. Continue Reading »
Friendly Fire
by Raymond J. de SouzaPope Francis has less to worry about from “enemies” than he does from his “friends.” Continue Reading »
A Tough Year Ahead
by George WeigelA tough year lies ahead. Yet Christ, risen and triumphant, remains present and available in the Eucharist. Continue Reading »
Avoiding Another Roman Fiasco In February
by George WeigelIt is urgent that the issues at hand be properly defined before Pope Francis's February 2019 meeting. Continue Reading »
The Spirit of Vatican I
by Russell HittingerVatican 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 »
The Papal Foundation & McCarrick’s Conflict of Interest
by Matthew B. O’BrienDid McCarrick and other abusers use the grant-making power of the Papal Foundation to curry favor and buy protection from Vatican officials? Continue Reading »
The Good Soldier
by Marco TosattiCardinal Müller experienced life under Francis as a sort of Calvary, but was a good soldier to the end. Continue Reading »
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