What Is Synodality? Pope Leo Has a Chance to Clarify It
COMMENTARY: The Pope’s treatment of synodality suggests a shift away from vague appeals to a ‘listening Church’ and toward the Church’s traditional structures of governance.
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Is the Church as Troubled as the SSPX Claims?
COMMENTARY: While the Catholic Church faces serious difficulties, the situation is not as dire as the SSPX claims. The best counterargument the Church can offer is a renewed focus on the many things that are right with the Church.
What ‘Rerum Novarum’ Said to Modern Society
COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical, issued 135 years ago, demonstrated how the Catholic Church’s teaching, rooted in natural law and divine Revelation, could engage a de-Christianized society wrestling with complex new challenges.
In Holy Week, Life’s Indignities Reveal Our Eternal Dignity
COMMENTARY: In the frailty of old age and the reversals of family life, the cross of Jesus Christ comes into focus as the true measure of human dignity.
The SSPX Rupture With Tradition
COMMENTARY: The Society of St. Pius X’s latest rejection of Vatican overtures must be called out for what it is: a not-so-latent de facto sedevacantism.
The Cosplaying Traditionalism of the SSPX
COMMENTARY: Why the SSPX’s appeal to emergency, conscience and tradition fails the Church’s own ecclesiology.
Why I Love the ‘Ugly’ Resurrection Sculpture in the Paul VI Hall
COMMENTARY: The much-maligned resurrection sculpture in the Paul VI Hall reveals a deeper truth about Christ’s wounds, glory and the enduring meaning of the Cross.
Christ Offers More Than John Lennon Could Ever Imagine
COMMENTARY: Our problems cannot be solved without Jesus Christ and a people willing to live prophetic lives of Christian counter-witness.
Christ at the Center: How Tradition Anchors the Development of Doctrine
COMMENTARY: The only true metric for the authentic exercise of ecclesial authority is Christological — grounded in the cross and the Crucifixion.
Death Seems Random, God Seems Silent — and Only the Cross of Christ Reveals Why
COMMENTARY: Wrestling with the mystery of death and the suffering of innocents can draw us deeper into the meaning of Christ’s own passion.
