Naaman, the Nazarenes and the Germans
COMMENTARY: As the Scriptural Syrian found out, and the German bishops haven’t yet, pride is a supreme obstacle to faith in God.
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The New Ultramontanism and the Dissing of Vatican II
COMMENTARY: The Feb. 21 Roche Rescript violates both the letter and the spirit of what Lumen Gentium taught.
Cardinal McElroy, ‘Inclusion’ and Catholicism
COMMENTARY: The sensibility on display in the cardinal’s recent article is not that of the Bible, the Fathers of the Church, the Second Vatican Council or the Catechism.
The White-Martyr Cardinals’ Dinner
Perhaps the most remarkable moment of the evening came when the conversation turned to those times when the Lord seems to be deaf to the pleas of his people — times not unlike what many Catholics experience today.
Cardinal George Pell: The Encourager
COMMENTARY: He was a courageous man who also, more importantly, drew out of others the courage they did not know lay within them.
The Real Ratzinger
COMMENTARY: The last of the monumental figures of 20th-century Catholicism bears no resemblance to the caricature created by his theological and cultural foes.
Mary, the Church, Christmas and Jimmy Lai
COMMENTARY: Christmastide is an appropriate time to reflect on Mary and the Church — and on what Mary’s initial act of discipleship means for us today.
Diminished Bishops, the New Ultramontanism and the Synodal Process
Is Vatican II’s achievement in reaffirming the authority of bishops being undercut by the current preparatory process for the Synod on Synodality?
Why Vatican II Was Necessary
The Council's many theological and doctrinal accomplishments were crucial to rekindling that radical, Christ-centered faith that would be the source of a revitalized Catholic mission to convert the modern world.
An Open Letter to the Synod General Secretary
COMMENTARY: Some good news about Catholicism in the US news that might well be of interest to the universal Church as it considers its evangelical future.
