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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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Opinion: A papacy big enough to fulfill your wishes can also destroy them

July 16, 2021 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 18

Having previously written for CWR what I think a very strong defense of communities where the so-called Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) or the “extraordinary form of the Roman Rite” are the norm, you might think […]

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John Henry Newman, conversion, and the papacy

November 28, 2018 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 9

It is cheering news that John Henry Newman’s canonization now appears to be at hand since a second miracle attributed to his intercession has been accepted. Whenever I am asked how I became Catholic (Newman […]

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From the Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 20 December 2012 (VIS) – The “Financial Times” daily newspaper has today published an article by Benedict XVI entitled “A time for Christians to engage with the world”. […]

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