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A slippery slope: When Catholics follow their reason straight out of the Church

July 14, 2021

Forty-some years ago, I sat in on meetings of the presumptuously-named Philosophers Club, which met in the home of its San Diego founder, a young man who would go on to become the leader of the American Humanist Association. Members of the club prided themselves on their rationality. They eschewed religion. Most were atheists, others

Cantalamessa’s Talking to You

April 20, 2021

"To be clear," Paul Fahey argues in this essay, "this is not a conservative or liberal problem. Cantalamessa is not chastising any particular political agenda. He is criticizing the subjugation of the Gospel to any ideology."

Cantalamessa Should Have Preached to the Pope

April 20, 2021

In his Good Friday homily this year, the preacher to the papal household warned the Church against division. He should have turned around and spoken to the greatest source of it, Pope Francis himself.

Cardinal Cantalamessa on Good Friday: Division is Work of the Devil

April 02, 2021

"Fomenting division," Cardinal Cantalamessa said, "is the work par excellence of the one whose name is diabolos -- that is, the divider."

Pope Francis has the tools to reduce tensions. Will he use them?

October 03, 2019

If there were a way to convey in a single sentence what is needed amid all the talk of schism, it would be, “Everybody calm down: Things aren’t as bad as they seem; they’re worse.” Since Pope Francis dropped the “S-word” in response to a question from the New York Times in early September, there

Analysis: the canonical meaning of that Vatican letter on ‘SSPX weddings’

April 06, 2017

Cardinal Müller’s letter is a small but significant step. Canonically speaking, there's no need to panic

The Vatican did everything to accommodate Patriarch Kirill, but received little in return

February 13, 2016

The Russian patriarch, not Pope Francis, has the most reason to be satisfied after the Havana meeting and joint statement