Vatican II and Dignitas Infinita

by Thomas G. Guarino

Dignitas Infinita is founded on tradition, yet designed for a modern world. Continue Reading »

18 Jun 2024

Memo to Gen Z Catholics: Why Vatican II Is Still Important

by George Weigel

Dear Gen Z brethren: Please stop confusing the blogosphere with reality, and please read what Vatican II actually taught. Continue Reading »

15 Feb 2023

Letters from Rome: #3

by George Weigel

When the Church solemnly commits Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to the Lord at the funeral Mass today, the curtain will come down on one of the most important and fruitful eras in two millennia of Catholic intellectual life. Continue Reading »

5 Jan 2023

Letters from Rome: #2

by George Weigel

The Joseph Ratzinger I knew for thirty-five years was a brilliant, holy man who bore no resemblance to the caricature that was first created by his theological enemies and then set in media concrete. Continue Reading »

4 Jan 2023

Diminished Bishops, the New Ultramontanism, and the Synodal Process

by George Weigel

Is Vatican II’s achievement in reaffirming the authority of bishops being undercut by the current preparatory process for the “Synod on Synodality” of 2023 and 2024? Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2022

Standing with the Word of God

by George Cardinal Pell

When divergent claims regarding Catholic doctrine arise, it is essential to look to Holy Scripture for the answers. Continue Reading »

22 Sep 2022

The War of the Conciliar Succession, Continued

by George Weigel

The advocates of Catholic Lite, having lost the War of the Conciliar Succession theologically and needing a bogeyman to attack, now find it tactically useful to wildly exaggerate the number of conciliar rejectionists and their impact in the Church.    Continue Reading »

13 Jul 2022

Mass and Memory

by Martin Mosebach

Pope Francis is roused by something that troubles him: the tradition of the Church.  Continue Reading »

30 Jul 2021

Reason Public and Private: The Pannenberg Project

by Richard John Neuhaus

There are numerous obstacles to making the connections between religion and public life. For some moderns, a quasi-religious commitment to secularism produces an overt hostility to religion in all its manifestations. For many others, religion is self-evidently a purely private phenomenon. In that . . . . Continue Reading »

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