A little over a week ago, I published “The spiciest paragraphs in the final Synod document,” a list of the paragraphs that received the most “no” votes in the Synod’s Synthesis Report. Looking at the official vote tallies, the vast...
(Updated November 6, 2023, following Cardinal Ghirlanda’s denial of these reports) Late in the day on Saturday, November 4, two news outlets reported rumors that Pope Francis is considering changes to the process for papal elections that would go into...
I am putting this together late on All Saints’ Day, so most of you won’t read this until November 2. But I would like to share a few things that might be worth reflecting on and carrying through this month...
Dominic and I discuss the latest developments in the abuse scandal involving the priest artist Marko Rupnik, the “spiciest” paragraphs in the final report of the 2023 Synod, and Bishop Strickland’s visit to Rome. ABOUT THE DEBRIEF Intro Episode: youtu.be/LevSkGFqq4U...
It has been over 24 hours since the final document, or synthesis report, of the 2023 Synodal Assembly was published in Italian, but the English version has not yet been released (English and Italian are the two official languages). Once...
In the latest Debrief, Dominic and I discuss the competing understandings of “tradition” in the Catholic Church today. Beginning with a discussion of Ratzinger’s dynamic understanding, they explore how ideologies undermine the faith and foment schism, as exemplified by...
This morning I awoke to several messages from Rome regarding the address given to the Synodal Assembly today by the Australian theologian Fr. Ormond Rush. It took me some time to track it down on YouTube, but I found it...
In today’s gospel reading, Matthew recounts an attempt by the Pharisees to force Jesus into a no-win situation. They ask him, “Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?” (Mt 22:17). Their ulterior motive was obvious...
Credo: A Compendium of the Catholic Faith by Bishop Athanasius Schneider is promoted by its publisher, Sophia Institute Press, as offering “a clear and readable summary of Catholicism as a whole, given in the pastoral style of the apostles.” The marketing...
In the latest episode of The Debrief, Dominic and I discuss Pope Francis’s new exhortation on St. Therese, we briefly talk about the Synod, and then we take a look at the problematic content of the new book Credo by...
I just finished reading Pope Francis’s new exhortation, C’est la confiance, which was released earlier today and focuses on the life and message of St. Therese of Lisieux. I found it so rich and inspiring that I think as soon...
This is a Michael Lofton appreciation post. For those of you who are not familiar with him or his YouTube channel, Reason and Theology, Lofton is a convert to Catholicism and a graduate student in theology from Louisiana who has...
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