Vatican Diplomacy Making a Difference
September 2, 2021
This past June 25, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States — usually dubbed the “Vatican’s...
George Weigel
Wanted: A Catholic Chaim Potok
August 25, 2021
In the three decades since the Revolution of 1989, Poland’s many cultural achievements include mastering the craft of creating the...
A Church in Mission or A Church in Meetings?
August 18, 2021
On the Solemnity of Christ the King in 2013, Pope Francis completed the work of the 2012 Synod of Bishops...
Pope Leo XIII & Contemporary Catholic Contentions
August 11, 2021
Given everything else going on these days, it may seem strange that a 129-year-old encyclical by Pope Leo XIII, founding...
Moral Courage and the Many Cultures of Death
August 5, 2021
Thanks to the pandemic, it’s been two years since I was last in Krakow, where for three decades I’ve done...
The Bishops, Donatism, And President Biden
July 29, 2021
In an article first posted at Commonweal and republished on July 7 in La Croix International, Professor John Thiel of...
Liberal Authoritarianism and The Traditional Latin Mass
July 22, 2021
I don’t agree that the Roman Missal promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570 entombed the Roman Rite in ecclesiastical...
Pope Francis and The Life Issues
July 15, 2021
Pope Francis’ tendency to use colorful expressions and abrasive adjectives in commenting on ideas, habits, and practices of which he...
The DeLauro Democrats And the Bishops
June 30, 2021
At 1 p.m. EDT on June 18, it was announced that three-quarters of the U.S. bishops had voted to develop...
Collegiality and Eucharistic Integrity
June 24, 2021
If the Church lives from the Eucharist and yet the people of the Church don’t participate in the Eucharist as...