Today, Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., founder and editor of Ignatius Press (which publishes CWR), and Mark Brumley, president and CEO of Ignatius Press, sat down to discuss Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, his legacy, and what […]
All day today, as I’ve been reading news and opinion pieces on the Holy Father’s resignation and listening to the commentary of various (informed and uninformed) pundits, my thoughts keep coming back to a bear. […]
The Pope’s announcement of his resignation at the end of this month is unprecedented in modern times but not completely unexpected. In his book-length interview with Peter Seewald, Light of the World (2010), Benedict XVI, […]
The Associated Press is reporting that Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI’s older brother, has said that his brother “had been advised by his doctor not to take any more transatlantic trips and had been […]
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, has said that he and his fellow cardinals have received the news of Pope Benedict’s resignation “with a sense of loss and almost disbelief,” and he […]
Vatican City, Feb 11, 2013 / 07:20 am (CNA/EWTN News) – Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of cardinals Feb. 11 that he no longer has the strength to carry out ministry and will resign […]
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, released this statement today regarding Pope Benedict’s resignation: The Holy Father brought the tender heart of a pastor, […]
In the wake of this morning’s stunning news that Pope Benedict XVI will step down at the end of this month, the director of the Vatican Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, offered a few […]
Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly […]
Gregory Lukianoff’s Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate is well worth the read, even with the criticisms I’ll be making of it. Lukianoff is a self-declared liberal and atheist, but one […]
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