Griffiths’ review in First Things of By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed is rich in condescension, high in dudgeon, and largely devoid of substantive […]
given the “hermeneutic of continuity” emphasized by Pope Benedict XVI – and given especially the teaching of the First Vatican Council that popes have no […]
Famously, in 1852 John Henry Newman, preaching at a celebration of that restoration of our Hierarchy, spoke of a ‘Second Spring’. This yielded a rich […]
God willing, if the long Lent of 2002 led to badly needed reforms for the Catholic Church, the long fall of 2017 will do the […]
A second response to Professor Edward Feser […]
Some pundits from both progressive and orthodox quarters have been quick to criticize and even condemn Fr. Weinandy and his missive to the Pope.Thus, a […]
The Bishops had the right – perhaps the duty – to require Fr. Weinandy’s resignation. Nevertheless, the Catholic faithful in every state of life in […]
In order to defend the suggestion that a pope could teach that capital punishment is always and intrinsically immoral, you have to maintain that the […]
For the past three years, the emphasis of Pope Francis and those close to him has been on “respect” and “listening”, with little or no […]
We have met the bourgeois lobby, and it consists of German-speaking bishops. […]
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