Thoughts on Time and Dogma
The very notion of the development of Catholic doctrine is of course very much in discussion today and will be for a long while yet, but it seems to me that the concept itself is a bit messier than is...
Category: Commentary
The case of the Texas nuns: Abuse of legitimate authority?
I have spent much of the past week following the latest developments in the ongoing drama between the embattled Carmelite nuns of Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth. I also took some time to look back at...
New document from the Vatican on Apparitions and Miracles?
Yesterday, Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register reported that the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), Cardinal Victor Fernandez, is finalizing a new document that will provide updated guidelines for discerning apparitions and other...
Antisemitism and Catholic traditionalism: A match made in hell
Recently I became peripherally aware of a controversy in politically conservative media involving commentators Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens. My understanding (and please forgive me, I try to keep my knowledge of political punditry to a bare minimum) is that...
Francis is not a “Dictator Pope”
America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell published an article Thursday reporting that Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Pope Benedict’s longtime private secretary and former prefect of the papal household under Pope Francis, has been appointed by the pope to serve in the Vatican...
Pope Francis and the Prophets of Doom
Are you a hopeful Catholic or a “prophet of doom”? The furious response by the pope’s critics after he said in January that he hopes hell is empty might offer some clues. Regardless of denomination or sect, insisting on Massa...
Why do post-traditionalists need “recovery”?
Editor’s note: This is a response to the angry backlash by online traditionalists and other critics of Trad Recovery, written by member (and former traditionalist) Andy M. It was originally posted to the Trad Recovery blog, and is reproduced here...
The Post-Traditionalist’s Journey
Traditionalist social media has been particularly angry this week over the announcement of a “Catholics in Communion Conference“ sponsored by the Trad Recovery organization to be held this summer at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Belgrade, Montana (which is...
Pope Pius XII and the execution of the Rosenbergs
I have spent much of the last two days deeply engrossed in the latest book about Pope Francis, Life: My Story Through History, in which the pope recounts his life through his memories of major world events, such as the...
Answers to the Pope’s Critics
I have received questions related to my recent essay in Where Peter Is titled “The Demos II Affair.” In the interest of clarification, I have summarized them and provided brief responses. Q1: Why did you criticize Popes John Paul II...
New Church Militant leaders hit with lawsuit
I think I have some answers to the questions I brought up last week regarding the apparent takeover of Church Militant. Last week, as you recall, my first article for Where Peter Is was published, about some odd shenanigans at...
Has Church Militant been taken over by antisemitic conspiracists?
Late Wednesday night, I saw a post on X (formerly Twitter) that had me scratching my head. I happened to see a tweet from the account of the infamous media outlet Church Militant, which announced it would be ending its...
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