One of the stranger developments surrounding the illicit Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) episcopal consecrations on July 1 was the sudden outbreak of agreement among Catholics across the spectrum that the Society had gone too far — they had...
The Church is not a democracy. Seriously, how often have we heard this phrase? Does it not hold an honored place among ecclesial truisms, like “the Church thinks in centuries,” or “Catholics don’t sing”? Surely, in a literal sense, we...
Those sympathetic to the Society of St. Pius X will remind you that the Church has never formally declared the SSPX to be in schism. Arguably, this may be true. But the 1988 episcopal consecrations carried out by Archbishop Marcel...
[Editor’s note: Continuing our effort to introduce Catholics to the teachings of Pope St. Paul VI, we are pleased to share the English translation of his October 1, 1966, address to an International Congress on the Theology of Vatican II....
I read the recent article in Catholic World Report on Amoris Laetitia by Christian Brugger and Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J. with interest. Pedro Gabriel has written a detailed and convincing response to the criticisms of Amoris Laetitia provided by Brugger...
On March 19, Dr. Christian Brugger and Fr. Peter Ryan, SJ, “celebrated” the ninth anniversary of Amoris Laetitia with an article that feels less like a fresh analysis and more like a time capsule from 2017. I confess that, when I started...
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