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Fr Raymond de Souza

St John Paul II’s challenge for the synod
October 20, 2018
'Do not be afraid of the love that places clear demands on people,' John Paul wrote
A signal to the synod
October 18, 2018
Rome At the 2015 synod on the family, the assigned Gospel for the opening Sunday Mass was the teaching of Jesus on marriage and divorce, a providential reminder for the synod participants. This past Sunday, in the midst of the synod on youth, at the canonisation of Pope St Paul VI and St Oscar Romero,
Oscar Romero canonisation: right saint, wrong place
October 13, 2018
Romero should have been canonised in San Salvador
Fr Raymond J de Souza: Right saint, wrong place
October 11, 2018
I will be in Rome for the canonisation of Blessed Oscar Romero this Sunday, but I wish I weren’t – in Rome, that is. I would have preferred that the inspiring martyr-bishop be canonised in his own city of San Salvador, which would have been easy enough to arrange, as Pope Francis will be next
Who appointed the Youth Synod’s Chinese bishops?
October 06, 2018
The clear impression is that they were chosen by the government in Beijing
Communism and the Wojtyła factor
October 04, 2018
Participants in the synod of bishops which started this week in Rome were appointed by various means. National bishops’ conferences elected their bishop delegates, certain curial officials are participating ex officio, the eastern Churches had their designated representatives, and the Holy Father has appointed additional participants. Finally, the Chinese Communist Party made its appointments. Let
What did Benedict XVI’s leaked letters tell us?
September 29, 2018
The Pope Emeritus acknowledged publicly for the first time that his resignation dismayed his friends
Fr Raymond J de Souza: Benedict’s defence
September 27, 2018
The abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, an event the magnitude of which is difficult to exaggerate, returned to the news last week with the release of two letters sent in November 2017 from the Pope Emeritus to Cardinal Walter Brandmüller. The abdication, never adequately explained, now is acknowledged as causing pain and anger in the
The Benedict XVI speech that everyone missed
September 22, 2018
'The crisis of the Church is at its core a crisis of the clergy'
Fr Raymond J de Souza: Benedict is silent – but he still speaks
September 20, 2018
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI gave his final September Speech last week in Rome. Benedict didn’t give the speech himself. His private secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, spoke at the launch of the Italian edition of The Benedict Option, Rod Dreher’s much discussed book about how St Benedict’s withdrawal from a corrupt and declining Rome offers a
Heroes, by the grace of God
September 15, 2018
The martyrs teach us that witness to the truth is always possible
Heroes, by the grace of God
September 13, 2018
Twenty-five years ago, St John Paul II concluded his encyclical on the moral life by pointing to the martyrs. There are always circumstances when the requirements of the moral law, the cost of discipleship, seems too high. It’s tempting to think that the moral law is too difficult, or even that man is incapable of
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