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The Dispatch

Some remarks on the Roberto de Mattei interview

December 13, 2017 Edward N. Peters 39

It is disconcerting to see the Second Vatican Council, an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, listed alongside Modernism, a pernicious heresy, as if both […]

Books

“The Dictator Pope” is sometimes frustrating, but filled with valuable insights and information

December 13, 2017 Philip F. Lawler 34

The most valuable service provided by the author of The Dictator Pope is the psychological portrait of Pope Francis: manipulative, hypersensitive, and often downright vindictive—certainly […]

Analysis

Should the sixth petition of the Our Father be translated as “Do not let us fall”?

December 9, 2017 Jason Bermender 41

And is the English rendering “do not lead us into temptation” bad theology? Here’s why the answer to both questions is “no”. […]

The Dispatch

The complicated context of Pope Francis’ confusing remarks about the “Our Father”

December 9, 2017 Christopher R. Altieri 36

The Holy Father’s remarks, made to the Italian bishops’ TV magazine program, invoked a drawn-out and at times acrimonious controversy under the tent of French […]

The Dispatch

Massimo Faggioli’s many errors regarding canon law, Francis’ letter to the Argentine bishops

December 8, 2017 Edward N. Peters 8

Faggioli’s recent Commonweal essay illustrates several of the ways that non-canonists can stumble over canonical issues while setting faulty views before the public. […]

The Dispatch

What I would say to Pope Francis about the environment

December 7, 2017 Thomas M. Doran 4

Christians know that technology is a double-edged sword, not the answer to everything, but as to the environment, technological innovation and better management practices have […]

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Fake news and the post-truth culture

December 7, 2017 Russell Shaw 8

Although honorable, serious journalists work hard to get facts straight, the unconscious ideological bias of journalists is a real problem. […]

Features

Soccer as a theological question: On the Pope’s return from Myanmar and Bangladesh

December 5, 2017 James V. Schall, S.J. 6

What struck me about this particular interview, given this past Saturday, was the lack of any mention of the need of sacraments, of transcendent concerns, […]

The Dispatch

Pope Francis’ letter to the Argentine bishops is in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis. Now what?

December 4, 2017 Edward N. Peters 16

Canon 915 and the fundamental sacramental and moral values behind it might be forgotten, ignored, or ridiculed, but unless and until that law is revoked […]

The Dispatch

Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Bangladesh

December 2, 2017 Catholic News Agency 3

In a 58-minute conversation with journalists on his return flight from Bangladesh to Rome on Saturday, Pope Francis discussed the Rohingya people of Burma, evangelization, […]

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Canon Law Clash Alert!

Carl E. Olson January 15, 2014 0

My headline could have also read: “Canon Law Class Alert!” We begin over at National “Catholic” Reporter, where Fr. Peter Daly begins with this bit of snarkiness: The pope wants to know what we think. That in and of itself […]

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