Letters from the Vatican: #3
Edited by Xavier Rynne IIThe third in a series of reports from the Vatican’s meeting on the sexual abuse crisis. 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 »
Vatican Autocracy and the U.S. Bishops
by George WeigelThe bishops’ challenge now is to temper their ingrained deference to “Rome” and get on with devising responses to this crisis that are within their authority. Continue Reading »
The Vatican Intervention in Baltimore
by Philip LawlerThe Vatican has left the US hierarchy in an impossible position. Continue Reading »
Taking Leave
by P. J. SmithPope Francis's new apostolic letter offers a window into how he sees the process of retirement from high office in the Church. Continue Reading »
The Curial Sidelines
by P. J. SmithFrancis’s remarks at his annual Christmas greeting this year show he is taking personal responsibility for the reform of the Curia. Continue Reading »
The Pope’s Five-Year Plan
by Marco TosattiThe rule limiting bishops to a single five-year term seems to only apply to some—those who question Amoris Laetitia. Continue Reading »
The War Against Cardinal Sarah
by Marco TosattiThe progressive party in the Vatican has launched yet another attack on Cardinal Robert Sarah. Continue Reading »
Whence the Convert Problem?
by Marco TosattiThe Church and her saints tell us that we are all converts—indeed, that we should repent and convert every day. Continue Reading »
Questions of Competence
by George WeigelA recent article in La Civiltà Cattolica grossly misrepresented American religious history; what kind of vetting did it get? Continue Reading »
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