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The New Ultramontanism and the Dissing of Vatican II

March 8, 2023 George Weigel 61

In its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), the Second Vatican Council firmly applied the brakes to “ultramontanism” — the overheated theory of papal supremacy that reduced local bishops to branch managers who simply […]

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The Vatican’s puzzling recipe for paralyzing gridlock

February 27, 2023 Christopher R. Altieri 33

Two wonky stories out of the Vatican in the space of a week may give casual observers more than ample occasion for head scratching. They may also give more than a passing impression that Pope […]

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Bishop Paprocki: Local Latin Mass goers are ‘faithful Catholics’  

February 24, 2023 Catholic News Agency 27

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield / Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

Washington D.C., Feb 24, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
As the Vatican begins to crack down on bishops who issued dispensations for parishes that offer the Traditional Latin Mas… […]

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Tension under the Vatican big top

February 18, 2023 Christopher R. Altieri 15

It was an operatic week in the Vatican. Well, maybe soap-operatic. The week opened with an Italian animal rights group complaining about the literal circus Cardinal Konrad Krajewski – the papal almoner – put on […]

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Liturgical double standards and the hermeneutic of rupture

February 13, 2023 James Baresel 31

Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum in 2007, the then Bishop of Leeds issued an “interpretation” which did its best to reduce the motu proprio to meaninglessness and obstruct its implementation. Examples include: […]

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