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Prerogative, the Pope, and Peronism: ‘I Will Not Say a Single Word’
When confronted with highly credible allegations of his own wrongdoing in relation to the homoerotic abuses of former Cardinal McCarrick, in an airborne “papal presser” on Sunday, Pope Francis evinced the storied autocratic temperament that has come to be widely known …
A Peculiarly Irish Disaster: What Remains of the Faith of Eire?
By the night of Friday, 25 May, one already knew the outcome from the exit polls. The margin of victory for abortion was too huge for there to be any doubt. The result, while disheartening, was not surprising – any …
Parolin and the China Negotiations: First, Do No Harm
Not long after I became Catholic in the early nineties, I traveled to China to learn more about the fate of my fellow believers under communism. They were divided into two opposing camps, or so I believed at the time, …
Bishop Sorondo and the Social(ist) Doctrine of the Church
Image: Gcmarino, Sanchezsorondowikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 By Riccardo Cascioli “At this moment, the Chinese are the ones who are best achieving the social doctrine of the Church.” This quote alone, given at the beginning of an interview on China published by Vatican Insider …
The Ploumen Case: Does the Vatican Have a Pro-Abortion Lobby?
The story of the award of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great being given to the Dutch pro-abortion activist Lilian Ploumen has reached such levels of absurdity that it is difficult to avoid talking about a real pro-abortion …
Poland Leads the Way in Bringing Back the Day of Rest
It was A.D. 321, and the Emperor Constantine decreed that the venerable “Day of the Sun” ought to be dedicated to rest. As we read in his imperial edict: “The magistrates and inhabitants of the cities shall rest on the …
The Bite of Catholic Rhetoric: Ross Douthat versus Fr. James Martin
When your humble author first heard of a discussion on the need for civil Catholic discourse between the New York Times’ resident Harvard-educated conservative Catholic, Ross Douthat, and the public face of the Catholic LGBT movement in America, Fr. James …
Timo Soini on Being a Catholic Foreign Minister in Finland
The current year marks the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence, proclaimed on December 6, 1917. The occasion is being proudly celebrated at home and abroad, especially in those countries where it can be supported and promoted by the Finnish diplomatic network …
Chile Legalizes Abortion, Catholic Bishops Retreat
Abortion was recently legalized in Chile by the votes of the “Christian” “Democratic” politicians. This is an issue about which all Chilean Catholics should reflect. I will attempt here to place it in perspective. In 2009, there was a horrible …
Democrat Fingers in the Vatican Pie: Did Obama Force Benedict’s Abdication?
On May 17, I published an article in the Italian newspaper La Verità about pope Benedict’s abdication. A few days before, in a renowned Italian geopolitical magazine called Limes, Professor Germano Dottori had argued that Joseph Ratzinger’s 2013 abdication, and …