Pius Was Silent. Leo Will Not Be.
On a fall day in 1946, a twelve-year-old girl knelt before Pope Pius XII in the Vatican. He placed his hand on her head and blessed her as a Catholic war hero, honoring her for defending Poland against the Nazis....
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The SSPX: Could It Have Gone Any Other Way?
Update: The SSPX has formally declined the offer of dialogue. Last Wednesday, I published a backgrounder on the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), in which I attempted to lay out why the SSPX’s planned consecration of new bishops this July...
Sentimental Journey
There exist a number of widespread criticisms of, or points of discomfort with, real or perceived Catholic doctrine on what we might call humanitarian grounds. The Catholic vision of the cosmos comes across to many non-Catholics and even to some...
USCCB and AJC Release Antisemitism Resource
Last week, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released Translate Hate: The Catholic Edition, a document that seeks to promote awareness of antisemitism and to equip Catholics to address it effectively within their...
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...
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...
Polish Family Beatified en Masse
Today in a small village in Poland Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, beatified an entire family. Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their children, massacred by the Nazis on March 24, 1944—the day...
Dawn Eden Goldstein – Antisemitism in the Church
I’ve been following Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein for several years and have valued the perspectives she offers in Catholic discussions. I also appreciate hr love for Pope Francis and the ways she has supported and explained his teaching. Two year...
Hope is fooled
One of the more bizarre Catholic news stories of the past week has been that of Hope Is Fuel and its constantly fluctuating roster of participants in the days leading up to its launch on May 24. Described on its...
The Godfather of Reactionary Priests
Today’s lineup of outspoken reactionary US Catholics priests with extremist, conspiratorial, and inflammatory messages (examples include Frs. Altman, Nix, Heilman, Pavone, Zuhlsdorf, Murray, Ripperger, Msgr. George Rutler, and Bishop Joseph Strickland), as well as their even more bombastic lay counterparts...
What did Pope Francis say about the Law?
Reuters recently reported that some Israeli rabbis had written the Vatican to express their “distress” about one line from Pope Francis’s recent addresses on Galatians: “The Law, however, does not give life.” According to Reuters, the rabbis worry that this...
Wrestling with G.K. Chesterton’s antisemitism
Video: Dawn Eden Goldstein addresses the Chesterton Conference, July 30, 2021 I was extremely grateful to the Society of G.K. Chesterton for giving me this opportunity to discuss “Chesterton and My Jewish/Catholic Journey” at the 40th Annual G.K. Chesterton Conference...
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