Humility Is the Hallmark of the Life and Legacy of Benedict XVI
COMMENTARY: April 19 marks the 20th anniversary of the election as pope of one of the most consequential ecclesial figures of the last 75 years.
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Why John Paul II Deserves to Be Called ‘the Great’
COMMENTARY: Looking at Pope St. John Paul II’s legacy in historical context underscores why so many people call him ‘John Paul the Great.’
3 Key Unanswered Questions About the Pope’s Synodality Plans
COMMENTARY: The synodal process is being positioned as a kind of capstone project for the entire Francis papacy.
Dresden’s Moral Fallout Continues to Affect Us 80 Years Later
COMMENTARY: The Feb. 13-15, 1945, firebombing of the eastern German city symbolizes the brutality of World War II.
Mary’s Perfect ‘Yes’: Why the Immaculate Conception Was Fitting for Salvation
COMMENTARY: The ‘singular grace and privilege’ of the New Eve was God’s preparation for her fiat.
In the Era of Synodality, ‘Lumen Gentium’ Delivers a Key Message About Episcopal Authority
COMMENTARY: The Second Vatican Council document articulates the proper relationship between papal authority and the authority of bishops, individually and collectively.
Synod Prioritizes Fashionable Trends Over Evangelization
COMMENTARY: This is a wasted opportunity to emphasize that evangelization is the product of a mandate from Christ and the very essence of the Church’s reason for existing.
4 Pillars of the Pope’s Plan to Reform Theological Formation
COMMENTARY: The future of genuinely Catholic theology, at least in the short term, is in the seminaries.
Courage and Outreach: Two Apostolates, Two Paths for Same-Sex Attracted Catholics
COMMENTARY: There is no way to avoid the conclusion that unlike Courage, Outreach does not believe that the Church’s teachings on homosexuality to be fully true and compassionate.
‘Sacrosanctum Concilium’ and the Ongoing Need for Liturgical Reform
COMMENTARY: Does the Novus Ordo Missae fulfill the ultimate aims of the Second Vatican Council? And does it reflect the principles and directives put forward by the Council?
