The Dispatch
Francis, fake news, and “snake-tactics”
Fake news is fake. Bad press may be the result of very sound journalism. The problem is that the standard proposed by Pope Francis cannot […]
Pope Francis
Features
The Pope’s misuse of “calumny” distracts from deeper, more troubling questions
The problem with Pope Francis’ defense of Bishop Juan Barros is not that Francis has a poor grasp of technical legal terminology or misuses certain words, […]
Features
Cardinal Burke: It is a “source of anguish” to hear suggestions “that I would lead a schism”
“The truth of the matter is marriage is not an ideal. It is a reality,” says Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke in a lengthy new interview with […]
The Dispatch
Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Peru
In a conversation with journalists on his return flight from Peru to Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis discussed the people of Peru and Chile, clerical […]
The Dispatch
Thoughts on a mid-air marriage
Popes have jurisdiction for the external forum anywhere on earth (cc. 134, 331, 1108), so Francis can officiate at a wedding anywhere, anytime. But officiating […]
Features
“Ecclesial reception” in the Era of Francis
Out of more than 5,000 bishops in the universal Church, I don’t think we can consider supporters of the problematic practice of permitting divorced and remarried […]
Features
Remembering St. John Paul II’s controversial 1987 pilgrimage to Chile
Now is an appropriate time to recall that historic visit and the role that John Paul II and the Chilean bishops played in Chile’s peaceful […]
Analysis
Pope Francis and Ideology
It is unfortunate that the Holy Father’s overall emphasis on legalism is such that he never addresses the antithesis of legalism, namely, antinomianism, leaving us […]
Features
Fr. Thomas Reese’s quixotic, irrational battle with Greek philosophy
The former editor of America magazine would do well to read Benedict XVI’s 2005 “Regensburg Address” and Vatican II’s documents on seminary training and Catholic […]
Editorial
Catholics aren’t obsessed with sex—they are obsessed with life
There seems little doubt, at this point, that 2018 is going to witness yet another great clash over Paul VI’s encyclical—arguably the most contested and […]