Vatican II and Dignitas Infinita
by Thomas G. GuarinoDignitas Infinita is founded on tradition, yet designed for a modern world. Continue Reading »
Pacem in Terris After 60 Years
by George WeigelSixty years later, we find ourselves asking: Is the vision of Pope John XXIII's Pacem in Terris realistic? Continue Reading »
The Latin Mass
by R. R. RenoIn mid-July, Pope Francis issued Traditionis Custodes, a motu proprio concerning what’s popularly known as the Latin Mass. A motu proprio functions in papal administration much as do executive orders in our government. The aim of this papal directive is to curtail the . . . . Continue Reading »
Centesimus Annus in 2021
by Raymond J. de SouzaCentesimus Annus, like all great encyclicals, has endured and matured over time. Continue Reading »
Fratelli Tutti and the Good Samaritan Society
by Raymond J. de SouzaFratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on “fraternity and social friendship,” will generate work for theologians for some time. Continue Reading »
A Response to Janet Smith's “Benign Reading” of Paragraph 137
by David S. CrawfordOn September 10, we published “An Appeal,” endorsed by a long list of fellow scholars. The Appeal sharply criticized paragraph 137 of the Instrumentum laboris for the upcoming Synod on the family. In her “A Benign Reading of a Confusing Paragraph,” Janet Smith offered a thoughtful . . . . Continue Reading »
An Appeal
by David S. Crawford and Stephan KampowskiAn Instrumentum laboris (working paper) was prepared for the XIV Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops and published on June 23, 2015. It covers a range of topics germane to the Synod’s theme of the family. Paragraph 137 addresses a key document of the modern Magisterium, Humanae Vitae, in a . . . . Continue Reading »
The Latin American Pope and the Irish Poet
by Brett FosterA great variety of people are looking forward to reading and digesting Pope Francis’s new encyclical, Laudato Si, which the Vatican officially releases today. I am as interested in reading it as the next person, but maybe not immediately. That comment may understandably demand some defense, or at . . . . Continue Reading »
The Return of Catholic Anti-Modernism
by R. R. RenoCommentators are sure to make the false claim that Pope Francis has aligned the Church with modern science. They’ll say this because he endorses climate change. But that’s a superficial reading of Laudato Si. In this encyclical, Francis expresses strikingly anti-scientific, anti-technological, . . . . Continue Reading »
Praise Be to You, Lord
by Charles J. ChaputThe First World War lingers in the memory as humanity’s first encounter with industrialized killing on a mass scale. New weapons of the machine age obliterated forests, villages and fields—an entire way of life. This new type of war also deeply shaped the thinking of men who experienced it . . . . Continue Reading »
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