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Ross Douthat on Francis’ pontificate: “We live in interesting times as Catholics”

April 18, 2018 Paul Senz 12

The New York Times columnist and author of To Change the Church discusses his new book on the Pope, and what he hopes his liberal and secular […]

Features

Church teaching and sexuality: What “no longer” holds?

October 19, 2017 Thomas R. Ascik 23

For the past three years, the emphasis of Pope Francis and those close to him has been on “respect” and “listening”, with little or no […]

A Synod Is Not a Council—and Other Canonical Facts

August 27, 2015 David Salvato 0

Since the 2014 Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops a growing theological divide has become apparent. This divide, evident among a small minority of cardinals and bishops present (and not present) at the […]

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The Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, October 5-19

October 3, 2014 CWR Staff 0

The Synod and the Media: Culpable Naïveté or Shrewd Calculation? The disastrous mid-term relatio seeded confusion, conflict, and lingering bitterness at every level of the Church. But the synod itself was only Act One. By […]

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    Ngala Killian Chimtom November 30, 2025 3
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    Carl E. Olson November 29, 2025 2

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  • Brother of Beirut explosion victim speaks ahead of Pope Leo IV’s visit to blast site
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