From the pontificate of Gregory XVI down to the present day, there has been an ongoing crisis precipitated by the advent of the “New Things” (rerum novarum) of socialism and modernism. Since 1832 and the […]
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 […]
Is now the time for the Catholic Church seriously to consider local election of bishops and their accountability to the local people in synod? […]
As Pope Francis’ uneven record indicates, collegiality and synodality are great — until one tries to do something with them. […]
Revered and Reviled squarely faces the problem that Vatican I presents, and has always presented about papal primacy. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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