Editor’s note: this is the third part of a series. Read part I here and part II here. Purchase The St. Gallen Mafia by Julia Meloni. Throughout long talks I had with him between 1980 and 1981, Don Mario Marini, not yet a …
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The Vatican Mafia under John Paul II
Editor’s note: read part 1 of this series here. Purchase The St. Gallen Mafia by Julia Meloni. In the last months of 1980 I received an unexpected visit from a priest who was seriously concerned about the future of the …
Historical Roots of the St. Gallen Mafia
Editor’s note: in this ongoing series, Synod Watch, we will analyze the machinations of the “mafia” in the Vatican – past, present and future. Anyone who wants to understand what is behind the “Synod on Synodality” opened on October 10 …
Priest: Did They Suppress the Latin Mass for the Synod on Synodality?
I am one of those “aging boomer” priests that, according to the stereotype, is supposed to cherish Saint Louis Jesuit music, liturgical dance and the like. Only I don’t and even in my exclusively Novus Ordo days never really did. …
The Weapon of the St. Gallen Mafia is Synodality
Cardinal Martini Lives on. This is a story about the origins of the “synod on synodality.” It is a story about dreams—and déjà vu. All his life, Carlo Maria Martini (pictured above left) was a dreamer. In the Italian documentary …
The St. Gallen Mafia and the Latin Mass
About a decade ago, in a Southwestern church in a run-down part of town, I saw it for the first time. From a back pew, I glimpsed something beautiful, perfect. Seeing the priest celebrate it was like being plunged into …