The US Papal Nuncio Christophe Pierre has been in Rome, and today Vatican News posted an interview with him about being named a cardinal, what it is like to serve as the pope’s representative in the United States, and his...
In my article yesterday, I discussed Pope Francis’s response to a reporter’s question about the ideology-driven rhetoric of anti-synod malcontents like Cardinal Raymond Burke and the Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) movement. Sadly, he gave an example of an all-too-common...
During his in-flight press conference on the return flight from Mongolia to Rome, Pope Francis answered a question from Antonio Pelayo of Vida Nueva, regarding a recent book for which Cardinal Raymond Burke wrote the Foreword, The Synodal Process Is...
Pope Francis is in Mongolia, where it’s currently late morning on Saturday, the second day of his apostolic visit. If you are so inclined, can watch the replay of his plane landing in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar via the...
Pope Francis departed Rome on a flight to Mongolia today, becoming the first pope to visit the country. During the trip, the pope will visit and encourage the tiny Catholic community (with under 1,500 members) in Mongolia — a country...
I thought I was used to it — after the rage that followed the publication of Dawn Eden Goldstein’s critical analysis of a devotional book with a devoted following (and a severely troubled author); after the disgusting personal attacks on...
Dominic and I are back to discuss Pope Francis’s comments released today on the problem of a reactionary US Church, the upcoming “Part 2” to Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’, and a recent pastoral letter by Bishop Strickland and a surprising...
This week, someone sent me a link to Scott Hahn’s Facebook page, where the prominent Catholic professor, author, and speaker shared Bishop Joseph Strickland’s latest pastoral letter, writing, “I am grateful for Bishop Strickland’s inspiring words.” Later, another reader mentioned...
Last week at Where Peter Is, we published a lengthy essay in four parts by theologian Robert Fastiggi, PhD, on the magisterial authority of the 2018 revision to no. 2267 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) on the death penalty. In his...
Due to technical difficulties, this is going up late tonight, but here it is: Dominic de Souza and I return to The Debrief after a short hiatus to catch up on the big stories in the Church, including: Bishop Strickland...
This week I was joined by Pedro Gabriel and Claire Domingues to talk about their experiences at World Youth Day in Lisbon — what they saw, what they learned, and what they experienced. To read their coverage of WYD Lisbon...
On Monday, August 7, 2023, Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, posted a link on X (formerly known as Twitter) to an article entitled “Veritatis Splendor vs. Amoris Laetitia” on the Crisis website. He provided a quote from the article...
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