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August 07, 2023

It is notoriously risky to compare two large historical movements, especially recent or contemporary ones, and to claim to detect similarities between them: quite simply, like is not being compared with like. That said, present debates might benefit from a quite different perspective: a comparison between the current enthusiasm for “synodality” within the Catholic Church and the

Synodality: enlarging an empty tent

March 01, 2023

In these pages in November 2021, as the Synod on Synodality was launch-ing, I noted the vagueness of the not-ion of “journeying together”, as it was expressed in the Synod’s Preparatory Docu-ment. Specifically, I complained that the jour-ney has “no defined terminus”. Thus, I asked, “If we do not know where we are going, how

Discerning the work of the Spirit

December 02, 2022

Two pontificates. Two very different synodal visions. Which is correct?

The “new” synodal “process” is under-thought and oversold

May 21, 2021

If the incongruity of making the Church more synodalitous by papal diktat ever occurred to him, neither he nor his lieutenants and mouthpieces have given any evidence of it.

Pope Francis Postpones Synod on Synodality, Expands ‘Preparatory’ Programme

May 21, 2021

“The synodal process was not thought up in some office away from reality,” said Cardinal Grech, whose department was responsible for designing the new process in their Rome offices.

Pope Francis to Open Italian Bishops’ General Assembly

May 20, 2021

Pope Francis will make the short journey on Monday to the Ergife Palace Hotel in Rome, where he will open the 74th General Assembly of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI). The Pope’s message to the Italian bishops will be broadcast live by Vatican Media. A Synodal Journey The theme of this year’s General Assembly is

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.