Two popes, two Marinis
No, I don’t think it’s turning out to be a problem at all that we have, so to speak, two popes. But media love a sensationalist headline such as this at the LA Times: “Vatican infighting: We told you...
View Article2013 RETRSPECTIVE: Toward the transformation of traditionalism
Editor’s note: In these final days of 2013, we feature some of the most interesting and popular posts of the past year. Other retrospective features have been Anthony Ruff, Pope Francis’ Liturgical...
View ArticleAuthenticity in Church Architecture
C.C. Sullivan at SmartPlanet wrote an interesting blog post the other day on the need for Catholics to reconsider their architectural aesthetic. Shifting from the pontificate of Pope Emeritus Benedict...
View ArticleStartling Interview with Pope Francis
In an interview published this morning jointly by sixteen Jesuit magazines around the world, Pope Francis has spoken clearly — and in a way that is sure to be influential and widely discussed — about...
View ArticleThe big pope interview
This is a all over the web already, and rightly so, since it’s a big story. Pope Francis has given a long interview to America magazine, filled with blunt statements. Most people will be interested,...
View ArticleViewpoint: Papal Styles
by Msgr. M. Francis Mannion Every pope brings a distinctive personality to his papacy. The furthest back my memory of popes goes is to Pius XII, who died in 1958. Pius was a rather regal and remote...
View ArticleMagister on Liturgy under Francis
Sandro Magister at Chiesa is quite open about his strong support for Pope Benedict XVI in comparison to someone else you know of. In this week’s column he takes up liturgy under Pope Francis, under the...
View ArticlePiero Marini on Vatican II at FDLC
Archbishop Piero Marini, president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses and longtime MC under John Paul II, and Benedict XVI at first, spoke to the Federation of...
View ArticleBishop Fellay Sings a New Church into Being
Recent statements by Bishop Fellay, head of the SSPX, not only indicate that reunion talks with Rome are at an end, but also cast an interesting light on the question of the “hermeneutic of...
View ArticleReviewing Louis Bouyer Ten Years Later
A week ago I benefited from my host-professor here at KU Leuven, Joris Geldhof, inviting me to accompany him to a two-day conference (Oct. 10 – 11) on Louis Bouyer being jointly presented by the...
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