That joking retort we heard as children, “Is the pope Catholic?” is starting to look like a serious question. Asked five years ago about a “gay lobby” in the Vatican, Pope Francis responded, “If a person is gay and seeks …
The New Synthesis of All Heresies: On Nietzschean Catholicism
Friedrich Nietzsche spoke of the “transvaluation of all values”: the inversion of our conceptions of good and evil in this post-Christian era. What had been regarded as good—humility, self-denial, obedience, love of the poor and of poverty, looking towards a …
Germany and the Holy See: A Dangerous Dialogue on the Eucharist
It was a long day of meetings between the delegation of the German Bishops’ Conference and the Vatican to discuss intercommunion with Protestants, which the German Bishops have approved by a majority vote for Protestants who are married to Catholics. …
The Vatican II Points of Rupture Remain
Editor’s note: The following is the response of Prof. Paolo Pasqualucci to some criticism of his previous article, “‘Points of Rupture’ of the Second Vatican Council,” available here. The critical remarks: “Articles such as this one, written at a time of …
“Points of Rupture” of the Second Vatican Council with the Tradition of the Church – A Synopsis
It has become an inevitability that in our attempts to understand the current crisis in the Church, we must look back upon the events that precipitated it. There is perhaps no more debated topic in this regard than the question …
Are We God’s “Sons and Daughters”?
When contemporary clergy preach about our relationship to the Father in Christ, they will refer to Christians, almost without exception, as “God’s sons and daughters.” The new document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Placuit Deo, falls …
A Departure from Tradition: On Religious Liberty and the Second Vatican Council
On December 7, 1965, Pope Paul VI promulgated the declaration Dignitatis Humanae, which chiefly proclaimed that an individual has the right to religious freedom [1]. The Council Fathers declared that the right to religious liberty proceeds from the very dignity of …
The Kingship of Christ and the Anti-Kingdom of Modernity
Right after the Obergefell vs. Hodges decision was announced, the media quickly reported on the “conciliatory” and “moderate” language of Donald Cardinal Wuerl: “The law of the land is the law of the land,” says Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald …
Operation Catechism: The Homo-Heresy Makes the Final Assault
by Andrea Zambrano Change the Catechism. If its doctrine does not coincide with the new desired orthodoxy concerning homosexuality, it will be better to adopt the solution of Alexander the Great, who with one stroke of his sword decided to …
Did Francis Deny Hell Exists? Vatican Plays Another Shell Game With the Truth
“An error which is not resisted is approved; a truth which is not defended is suppressed…. He who does not oppose an evident crime is open to the suspicion of secret complicity.” – Pope Felix III “The Vatican is filled …
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