‘Desiderio Desideravi’: Initial Impressions of Pope Francis’ New Document on the Mass
COMMENTARY: This new papal teaching is a welcome shift, certainly worthy of careful reading and reflection.
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Unpacking Justice Alito’s Soundly Constitutional and Philosophically Coherent Dobbs Opinion
COMMENTARY: Alito’s opinion in Dobbs buries the ‘sweet-mystery’ court preferred by Justice Anthony Kennedy.
The Saints of 1622: God’s Answer to Crises in the Church
This Saturday, the Vatican will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the recognition of the holiness of Sts. Teresa of Avila, Francis Xavier, Ignatius of Loyola, Philip Neri and Isidore of Madrid.
Why Was Rome Finally Willing to Call Out Russia as an Aggressor?
COMMENTARY: The Vatican found itself in the position of being less vocal on Putin’s aggression than the relevant Orthodox patriarchs.
Pope Benedict’s Departure From the Public-Relations Handbook
COMMENTARY: The measured response from the pope emeritus to the attacks on his character makes for effective spiritual reading.
2022’s Continuing COVID Conversation
COMMENTARY: In 2021, everybody saw that the football stadiums are as full as they used to be. The Catholic churches are not.
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s Pastoral Approach Echoes Through the Catholic Church Today
COMMENTARY: There are lessons to be learned from the Chicago cardinal, who died 25 years ago, in today’s climate of synodality.
Who Wants the Pope to Die?
COMMENTARY: Thankfully there have been few public expressions of this morbid sentiment during the current papacy, in contrast to the situation during the papacies of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
President Biden, Pope Francis and Canon Law
COMMENTARY: If what Biden says the Holy Father said is true, what they were discussing comes under Canon 916, not 915.
