A bit of a breather
You may have noticed that the flow of content on WPI has slowed down a bit in recent days. Adter keeping up with all the activity during the October Synod and a November filled with big stories in the Catholic...
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Strickland, Voris, and Burke: The November Three
November 2023 was a dispiriting month for the reactionary wing of the US Catholic Church. In the span of a few weeks, following closely on the heels of October’s historic Synodal Assembly, three prominent American figures — Bishop Joseph Strickland,...
Synodality, the US Church, and Angels Unawares
Due to the drama following Bishop Joseph Strickland’s removal last weekend, I haven’t had much time to cover the Fall General Assembly of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops this week in Baltimore, but there were a few highlights that...
Vatican cardinal denies knowledge of conclave reform doc (updated)
(Updated November 6, 2023, following Cardinal Ghirlanda’s denial of these reports) Late in the day on Saturday, November 4, two news outlets reported rumors that Pope Francis is considering changes to the process for papal elections that would go into...
A call for a synodal Eucharistic Revival
The National Eucharistic Revival has entered its pilgrimage phase. According to the official timeline, the pilgrimage culminates in July 2024 at the Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis followed by a year of mission that extends to Pentecost 2025. Bishop Andrew Cozzens...
WPI Perspectives: Dr. Phyllis Zagano
Here’s the audio version. We had a glitch with the video, which will hopefully be fixed shortly: Where Peter Is · WPI Perspectives With Phyllis Zagano In the latest episode of WPI Perspectives, I enjoyed having the chance to...
Interview with Synod delegate Fr. Ivan Montelongo
Today I had the privilege of interviewing Fr. Ivan Montelongo, one of six non-bishop voting delegates from the United States who will be taking take part in next month’s Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Fr. Ivan...
Season 4 Wrap Up
It’s been a great season of PFG with some amazing guests! In this last episode, Dominic and I wrap up the summer by reflecting back on some of the ideas and conversations from this season that have stuck with us....
Cooperative Salvation
As St. Augustine, whose feast day the Church observed yesterday, famously said, “He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.” From the very moment we begin to freely choose ourselves, sin, and the world...
Is the Holy Spirit the protagonist of the Synod?
Late last week, in response to Archbishop Christophe Pierre’s address to the US bishops during their Spring assembly, Pillar editor Ed Condon was compelled to write not one, but two articles expressing his frustration with the nuncio’s address. The first...
Pope’s health | Pierre v USCCB | Vatican on web trolls
This week, Dominic and I give an update on Pope Francis’s health and his audience and travel schedule. Next, we discuss the message that the US papal nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, delivered to the US bishops gathered in Orlando...
Nuncio warns US bishops against Eucharist without mission
In an emphatic speech to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) this morning in Orlando, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, implored US bishops to revisit their understanding of the synodal path and the role of...
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