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 »
A vast oblong of Islamist, authoritarian, or sectarian persecution stretches from Egypt, Eritrea, Turkey, and Sudan, all the way to China and North Korea, across India and Pakistan. According to a recent report published by Aid to the Church in Need, “the persecution of Christians is today worse . . . . Continue Reading »
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An exchange between Archbishop Cupich and Archbishop Chaput. Continue Reading »
Contrast in educational philosophies could be the difference between a free society and one dominated by gulags, whether of the Siberian or university variety. Continue Reading »
The pope is betraying Christians of every time and place who have bravely resisted attempts to make the Church of Jesus Christ bow to the state. Continue Reading »
Substantive male-female friendships are hard to attempt, especially in a culture that idolizes sexual pleasure as the only salient human connection. Continue Reading »
The middle of the American electorate is now being asked to choose between competing visions of a railroaded angel and a rubber-stamped demon. Continue Reading »
The film Gosnell is a journey to the heart of America’s hypocrisy. Continue Reading »
An enumeration of principal theological difficulties in the Instrumentum Laboris. Continue Reading »
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