The long shadows of the First Vatican Council

Polish Bishops’ Amoris Laetitia guidelines stress discernment and compassion, in continuity with Church doctrine

By Filip Mazurczak on Jun 12, 2018 05:16 pm
The much anticipated guidelines reflect what already is common pastoral practice in Poland, emphasizing accompaniment but uncompromising in their fidelity to the Church’s teaching. [...]
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Cardinal Parolin, Pope Francis, and the outcomes of the outward Church

By Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency on Jun 11, 2018 09:17 pm
In the end, the Church is in the world, but not of the world. The Catholic Church cannot be considered one of many players on the field, [...]
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The connection between the Sexual Revolution and “MeToo”: An interview with Mary Eberstadt

By Jeanette Flood on Jun 11, 2018 03:48 pm
"I wish humanity generally knew more about the disadvantageous empirical fallout of the revolution. ... That empirical record needs to be brought to the light, [...]
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The Pope and Juan Carlos: A different take on the alleged conversation

By Christopher R. Altieri on Jun 11, 2018 01:55 pm
At the end of the day, the question for anyone intent on criticizing Pope Francis for saying what he is reported to have said, is [...]
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The long shadows of the First Vatican Council

By Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille on Jun 10, 2018 06:20 pm
Revered and Reviled squarely faces the problem that Vatican I presents, and has always presented about papal primacy. [...]
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German bishops express “surprise” over Vatican decision on communion for Protestants

By Catholic News Agency on Jun 08, 2018 08:59 pm
Cardinal Kasper admits that in German dioceses "there already is a widespread practice of non-catholic spouses, who consider themselves serious Christians, stepping up to [receive] [...]
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Family flourishing and the education of killer robots

By Thomas P. Harmon on Jun 08, 2018 02:00 pm
Netflix's re-imagining of a sci-fi classic shows what does—and does not—change about the human condition when a family is "Lost in Space." [...]
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The profound, satirical message of Waugh’s The Loved One endures

By Russell Shaw on Jun 08, 2018 12:03 pm
Published 70 years ago, the dark novel has something in it to offend just about everyone. [...]
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Pope Francis’ letter to Chilean faithful is disappointing and insufficient

By Christopher R. Altieri on Jun 08, 2018 02:34 am
The Holy Father needs to trust the people of God with the whole, unvarnished truth; and he needs to get out of his own way. [...]
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The Pope and Juan Carlos: Is everything directly willed and caused by God?

By Nicholas Senz on Jun 07, 2018 06:54 pm
Occasionalism is the flawed belief that God ultimately causes everything—that even when it appears another thing is a cause, really that event is only the [...]
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