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Scribblers as honest brokers

July 22, 2023 Christopher R. Altieri 3

There’s a great story about the late Cardinal John Foley—the long-serving Vatican hand who headed the now-defunct Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 1984 until 2007 before becoming the Grand Master of the Equestrian Order […]

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Ultramontanism Redivivus

July 20, 2023 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 33

For more than half a century, we have heard the drumbeat of “the spirit of Vatican II,” which has caused the Church incalculable trouble. In this essay, I would like to focus on “the spirit […]