The Justifying Power of Mercy
The Justifying Power of Mercy Some years ago, I read about this incident at a middle school: a boy, who was about ten years old, was suspected of stealing. One day, at the end of class, his teacher called him...
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Francis and Benedict’s thoughts on a smaller, purer Church
I’d like to provide a brief history lesson on the “smaller, purer Church” predicted by Pope Benedict XVI and also reaffirmed by Pope Francis on multiple occasions. Background Catholics in the West have witnessed what seems to be an unstoppable...
Pope Francis meditates on Jesus’ cry of abandonment
Today, Pope Francis presided over the Stations of the Cross in Rome, reading from prayers and meditations he wrote himself. Traditionally, for the annual Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) held each year at the Colosseum, the pope will designate...
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...
“Once Años”
Eleven years. We are just beginning to realize the great mercy that God has showed us by giving us a Universal Shepherd who invites us daily to personal conversion, to social fraternity, and towards the necessary reform of the Church....
The Liturgical Reform: Council, Consilium, and Papacy
Editor’s note: This is a long-form essay in five parts, all published simultaneously below. The word count is around 12,400. Part 1 The liturgical path of the Church after Vatican II Introduction The Second Vatican Council, a watershed in the...
Pope to “Fiducia” Critics: “You Don’t Understand”
This slipped through the cracks at Where Peter Is when it happened last week, as things sometimes do, but on January 14, Pope Francis gave an interview on an Italian talk show in which he answered, among other things, questions...
Pope Francis’s Liturgical Vision: Embracing Unity, Fostering Formation
Editor’s note: This is the fifth and final article in a series by Andrew Likoudis entitled “The Liturgical Reform – Council, Consilium, and Papacy.” Part 5 will be published tomorrow. Click here for Part 1: “The liturgical path of the Church after...
Make a New Year’s resolution to understand Pope Francis
I think it’s time to begin again with Pope Francis. If this week in the Church has shown anything, it’s that many Catholics simply don’t get Pope Francis. Particularly in the US — although clear cracks have appeared in Germany,...
Pope OKs blessing persons in gay unions: What it means, why it matters
If you’ve been reading the headlines, whether in the progressive National Catholic Reporter, the extreme-right Lifesite, or nearly any news source in between, chances are you saw articles claiming Pope Francis has permitted priests to “bless same-sex unions” or “bless...
Has the showdown between the Vatican and Germany begun?
In the past several days, a letter from Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to the German bishops has generated significant buzz, as it seems the Vatican has finally begun to take concrete action towards specific aspects of the German...
“Our Own Worst Enemy”: Ten Takeaways from Laudate Deum
Today Pope Francis has published his apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, a sequel of sorts to 2015’s encyclical Laudato Si’, focusing more narrowly on the issue of climate change. Given the rapid worsening of the problem since 2015, it was a given that Laudate Deum would be...
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