The Never-Ending Debate Over Vatican II
After 60 years of debates and failures, we are still debating the ins and outs of the Second Vatican Council.
Did Newman Say We Could Disobey the Pope?
St. John Henry Newman lived at a time when a Catholic’s obligation of obedience to the pope was hotly debated. What he wrote can be challenging today both for those who advocate for total obedience and for those who “recognize and resist” Pope Francis.
Filial Appeal to All Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church
We ask all Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church to forbid the application of Fiducia Supplicans in their dioceses.
Rome, We Have a Problem
The traditional Latin Mass held at the U.S. Capitol last week was a Jericho-Walls-crumbling moment.
Fiducia Supplicans: A Crisis of Trust
The current reactions to Fiducia Supplicans constitute an outbreak of a crisis of trust toward the Holy See that has been lingering for years.
Courage: The Sage the Church Needs
Star ESPN sportscaster Sage Steele picked an unwinnable fight against a leviathan—and won. But she died, too. Her way is one the Church must follow.
Mystical Passion vs. Love and Responsibility
Comparisons between Cardinal Fernandez’s salacious book and Pope John Paul II’s brilliant personalistic book fall short in every way.
The Church Is Not Ruled by a Plebiscite
Sin does not grow sweet by majority practice; truth is not altered by a vote. The Church is not a political party.
Pope Francis Is the Pope He Was Waiting For
The Church under Pope Francis has become infiltrated by the strange ideological connotations found among communist-sympathizing Liberation Theologians.
The Wrath of God and the Death Penalty: On Blessings and Prudence
While sexual immorality no longer requires the civil punishment of death, such natural-moral-law violations still bring spiritual death to the souls of those who willingly engage in it.
The Good News About Fiducia Supplicans
Fiducia Supplicans does, as Cardinal Fernández and Pope Francis hoped it would, provide clarity; it just isn’t the clarity they wanted.
There’s Some Good in This Church and It’s Worth Fighting For
Seeing the good happening in the Church is a necessary part of responding to the bad.
“The Catholic Church is not the Pope’s Church and Catholics are therefore not papists but Christians”: An Exclusive Interview with Cardinal Gerhard Müller
Cardinal Müller addresses the nature of papal infallibility, the limits of papal authority, and the possibility of a heretical pope.
Let’s Call Out Dirty Old Men Again
One cannot speak against the acts that used to be called deviant and perverse because those very acts are being mainstreamed and normalized by all the powers that be.
May Catholics Hope That Hell is Empty?
Recently Pope Francis said that he likes to think of Hell as empty and hopes it is. What are the theological and practical implications of such a view?
Send in the Clowns
Maintaining a sense of humor in light of the depraved and cruel actions of some prelates is a healthy and necessary response for Catholics.
The Time of Magical Thinking
Last year’s Synod on Synodality was a moment of Magical Thinking, bearing no resemblance to historic Christianity.
The Dangerous Hope for an Empty Hell
A hope for an empty Hell has massive—and dangerous—implications for how one lives.
The Emperor’s New Theologian
The emperor needed a new theologian to defend the marvelous cloth in which he paraded.
The Clergy Scandals Continue…
The Church is awash in clergy scandals, from the troubling writings of a head of a major Vatican dicastery to the depraved activities of well-known priests. What is a Catholic to do in the face of such corruption?