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Analysis: Justice by papal fiat points to serious lack of trust within the Church

The Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Francis has reduced two Chilean bishops to the lay state. One of the defrocked is an 85-year-old man [...]
Essay

Chesterton and the current crisis: “If we boast of our best, we must repent of our worst”

In every Catholic Church, there is a gruesome sight. It is the image of a man being tortured to death. We should turn away from [...]
The Dispatch

Despite flaws, “Romero” is an inspiring portrayal of an often misunderstood Saint

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: A -II Reel Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Like Maximillian Kolbe or Mother Theresa, Archbishop Oscar Romero has emerged in [...]
The Dispatch

Analysis: Will bishops push for clarity on the synod’s procedural rules?

Vatican City, Oct 13, 2018 / 06:13 pm (CNA).- Recent changes to canon law have left some bishops attending the 2018 Synod of Bishops uncertain [...]
The Dispatch

“Venom” and the disappearance of the everyman hero

Venom, the latest Marvel character to be brought to the big screen, is the first interesting superhero movie in a while. This is due to [...]

Analysis: Justice by papal fiat points to serious lack of trust within the Church

Analysis

Christopher R. Altieri October 15, 2018 0

The Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Francis has reduced two Chilean bishops to the lay state. One of the defrocked is an 85-year-old man reported now to be suffering senile dementia, Francisco José Cox [...]

Chesterton and the current crisis: “If we boast of our best, we must repent of our worst”

Essay

Dale Ahlquist October 14, 2018 6

In every Catholic Church, there is a gruesome sight. It is the image of a man being tortured to death. We should turn away from it in horror, but instead we don’t even notice it, [...]

Features

Three Common Myths about Archbishop Oscar Romero

Filip Mazurczak October 13, 2018 13

On Sunday, Pope Francis will canonize seven new saints. The best-known of them are Pope Paul VI (1897-1978), who served the Church as supreme pontiff from 1963 to 1978, and Archbishop Oscar Romero (1917-1980), the [...]

Analysis

Analysis: Pope’s acceptance of Wuerl resignation puts governance front and center

Christopher R. Altieri October 12, 2018 16

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl from the See of Washington, DC, on Friday, though Francis made Wuerl apostolic administrator of the capital archdiocese until the Pope names a successor — [...]

Features

Ohio bishop: “We cannot allow scandals to impede our sharing of the Good News”

Jim Graves October 11, 2018 8

Bishop Jeffrey Monforton, 55, is head of the Diocese of Steubenville in southeastern Ohio. He grew up in the Detroit suburbs, the oldest of three sons in a practicing Catholic family. His father was a [...]

Analysis

Viganò & Ouellet: What have we learned about the McCarrick case?

Catholic News Agency October 10, 2018 8

By Ed Condon Vatican City, Oct 10, 2018 / 04:45 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Theodore McCarrick has begun a life of prayer and penance in a monastery in Kansas. In any other circumstances, a cleric beginning [...]

Features

John Henry Newman’s long war on liberalism

Dr. Samuel Gregg October 9, 2018 24

Blessed John Henry Newman’s devastating critique of liberal religion remains even more relevant in our own time. […]

Analysis

Analysis: Canadian bishops release lengthy new document on sex abuse

Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille October 8, 2018 10

For nearly 30 of my 46 years on this planet, I have been regularly inundated with stories about sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Canada. I wasn’t even Catholic yet when the first major [...]

The Conundrum of Progressivism

James Kalb September 30, 2018 7

Progressivism, the view that modern political tendencies should continually be extended, has deep roots. Its beginnings are closely connected to the rise of modern natural science, which rejects the contemplative ideal of knowledge in favor [...]
Political Life and the Church

James Kalb September 26, 2018 3
Confusion and mixed messages: A view from China

Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. September 24, 2018 2