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View from the (journalistic) pew in Rome: Cardinal ‘Tucho’ Fernandez opens up on his doctrinal declarations

April 16, 2024

The Vatican press conference to introduce Dignitas Infinita was that rare thing in the history of Vatican press conferences – it was interesting. Not thanks to the document itself, which was a hodge-podge of things-we-already-knew, but because it was the first press conference given by Cardinal Victor Fernandez, known as Tucho, the new head of the Dicastery

It isn’t just Fr Sosa: some scholars have been undermining the Gospels for decades

February 27, 2017

Casting doubt on the words of Jesus leads to despair. Instead, we should trust in God's promises

What is the ‘ordinary magisterium’? A brief history of a disputed idea

August 30, 2016

History suggests Cardinal Burke is right about the authority of Amoris Laetitia

Amoris Laetitia: What people are saying

April 11, 2016

A round-up of reaction to Pope Francis's papal exhortation

Are you more Catholic than Francis?

July 23, 2015

In the internet age everyone can be their own pope. But asserting one’s own authority to pronounce on authentic Church teaching is a dangerous business