What John Paul II Left Implicit Is Now Explicit: SSPX Is in Schism
COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV has chosen, with discretion, to end the failed outreach of Pope Benedict XVI to the SSPX.
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Remembering Cardinal Ruini, a Giant of the John Paul II Era
COMMENTARY: Pope Leo’s funeral tribute highlighted the immense influence Cardinal Ruini wielded in the Church and Italian public life.
Wyszyński, Paul VI and the Polish Millennium
COMMENTARY: The consecutive feast days of Blessed Stefan Wyszyński and Pope St. Paul VI recall their pivotal roles in Poland’s millennium celebration and a turning point in modern Catholic history.
No Mere Coincidences: Fatima and the Shooting of John Paul II
COMMENTARY: The 45 years since the attempt on the Holy Father’s life allow us to see the hand of Providence more clearly.
Centesimus Annus at 35
COMMENTARY: Thirty-five years later, Centesimus Annus still offers a powerful warning about freedom detached from virtue and moral culture.
How Popes Speak — and What Politicians Hear
COMMENTARY: Any preaching, especially papal preaching, can be universal in language but personal in effect — an examination of conscience conducted by the listener.
The Casaroli Myth Vs. the Historical Record
COMMENTARY: The Italian cardinal’s Ostpolitik diplomacy is considered a key to the collapse of European communism. It was nothing of the sort.
The Church’s Millennial Pastoral Plan, 25 Years On
COMMENTARY: Pope John Paul II’s clarity in ‘Novo Millennio Ineunte’ remains helpful today, as some of the post-conciliar confusions he sought to remedy have arisen anew.
Springtime Delayed: Why the Great Jubilee’s Promise Remains Unfulfilled
COMMENTARY: A quarter century after the Jubilee of 2000, the Church is still asking why the evangelical hopes it kindled have yet to bear their full fruit.
Christmas and the Tyranny of the Possible
COMMENTARY: The Incarnation exposes how often ‘realism’ confuses political limits with divine possibility.
