The Vision of Pope Leo XIV
In general, popes are rarely eager to set forth an agenda before the white smoke above the Sistine Chapel clears, as it were – the first six months or so of a papacy tend to be fairly quiet. The impatience...
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Card. Fernandez’s Address on Synodality (English translation)
[Editor’s Note: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, addressed the new bishops taking part in the annual Formation Course for new Bishops (nicknamed the “Baby Bishops’ School”) at the Pontifical College of...
Projecting on the Pontiff: Pope Leo’s “Shift in Tone”
As Pope Leo XIV wraps up his two-week vacation at Castel Gandolfo, Catholic commentators have continued to speculate on and debate his views and priorities. They are prognosticating on the kind of pope he will be and on the decisions...
The Church’s Mixed Messages to Survivors: From Hostility to Healing
Editor’s Note: This week, John Bellocchio, a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of the late Theodore McCarrick as a young teenager in Hackensack, New Jersey, forwarded me an email he received from the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey....
Are Francis Critics to Become Leo Critics Too?
Francis’s Critics, Vatican II, and the Theology of the People For all the accusations of doctrinal confusion—and even hints of heresy—it’s important to remember that Pope Francis’s magisterium was firmly rooted in the Second Vatican Council, and more specifically in...
Synodality Explained: Debunking 4 Common Myths
What does synodality actually mean? Is it just vague Church-speak? A liberal agenda? Or is it a deeply rooted and clearly defined aspect of Catholic teaching? In this video, Pedro Gabriel breaks down four of the most persistent myths surrounding...
Pope Leo XIV: A gift we don’t deserve
Editor’s Note: The following is an English translation of an interview with Rodrigo Guerra, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, originally conducted by Exaudi in Spanish and published on June 10, 2025. In it, Guerra reflects on the...
Third Space Podcast: Shaun Blanchard & Colleen Dulle – Pope Leo XIV
I had recorded all of Season One before the conclave, but I didn’t want to wait until the fall to talk about Pope Leo. So this is a bonus round-table discussion with two previous guests: Shaun Blanchard and Colleen Dulle....
Is Synodality Really Necessary for Unity?
Unity is the central focus of Pope Leo XIV’s vision. That was made obvious in his homily at his inauguration, but it goes back long before that, for he chose as his episcopal motto, In Illo uno unum, which means “In...
Parrhesia under Francis and Leo
An outlet called the Daily Compass recently ran a brief interview with Singapore’s Cardinal William Goh. Goh offers both praise and criticism for Pope Francis and expresses high hopes for Pope Leo XIV, generally in terms that we in the...
Pope Leo XIV on Cardinals Bernardin and Cupich, and the Value of Life
Editor’s Note: In 2023, at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo (USAT) in Chiclayo, Peru, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — delivered a powerful address upon receiving an honorary doctorate....
Between conciliar memory and synodal future
Rupture, continuity or moving forward from a “new” to a “further” phase in the maturation of the reception of the Council? Francis assumed Vatican II as a Council of reform. On November 9, 2013, at Santa Marta, he spoke of...
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