LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: Special Edition 4
Edited by Xavier Rynne IILet us pray for those who have forsaken revealed religion for human wisdom and now follow a blind path into the darkness of indifferentism and unbelief. Continue Reading »
All Saints, All Souls, and Synod-2023
by George WeigelThe purpose of Vatican II was to lift the Church from a defensive crouch and turn the Church’s institutions into launch-platforms for mission. Synod-2023’s dominant vocabulary did not reflect that evangelical purpose. Continue Reading »
The Church Is Not a Democracy
by Gerhard Cardinal MüllerIt is my prayer that the Synod on Synodality will be guided by the authentic faith formulated by the Fathers of Vatican II. Continue Reading »
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #12
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe basic sociological fact of Christianity in the late-modern world is that the Christian communities that have offered the Rogerian Christ are moribund or dying. Continue Reading »
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #11
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIAuthentically Christian accompaniment has a direction and destination, namely, Jesus Christ. Continue Reading »
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #10
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIIn this absurdly busy, confused, and grasping world theater of conflicting messages on the meaning of life, and amidst direct affronts to the dignity of life and women, God is with us. Continue Reading »
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: SPECIAL EDITION 3
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIHoliness is that which is essentially divine, categorically unlike any quality, even the loveliest, extant in creation. Continue Reading »
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: #9
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIIn order for the Church to advance her noble mission in the world, she remains in continuous need of deeply learned, faithful, and innovative leaders, within the Church and throughout the wider culture. Continue Reading »
Questions to Enliven Synod-2023
by George WeigelIf the call to “inclusivity” means blunting the sharp edges of the gospel, then that call is not a work of the Holy Spirit. Continue Reading »
LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD - 2023: SPECIAL EDITION 2
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe question of whether the Church has the authority to ordain women to the diaconate, as the diaconate is understood according to the ancient tradition of the Church, would seem to be a non-question. Continue Reading »
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