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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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If even Pope Francis could be unsure about the orthodoxy of his controversial post-Synodal Exhortation, surely the faithful will be allowed to have perplexities of […]

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Today Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Below is the full text of his homily, translated by Vatican Radio. *** Dear Brothers and Sisters! It is […]

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