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August 19, 2022

Why is the Vatican so relaxed about persecution?

August 19, 2022

One of the most dispiriting things about the recent Vatican-China deal, and its looming second renewal (in spite of the fact that renewal will essentially green light ongoing persecution of Christians within China) is how remarkably chilled out so many Western Catholics appear to be. One would have thought Catholics would be up in arms

The allegations against Cardinal Ouellet could swing the balance in the Papal succession

August 19, 2022

Earlier this week Canadian media reported that Canada’s Cardinal Marc Ouellet – a potential successor to the Pope and a noted conservative – has been accused of sexual misconduct as part of a class-action lawsuit brought against the Archdiocese of Quebec, one of two high-profile cases being brought against Catholic bodies in Canada. In the

A crisis of faith formation in Ireland

August 19, 2022

The Irish Catholic bishops, as part of the Irish Synodal Pathway, released their synthesis report of a wide-ranging listening phase on 16 August. Prepared after countrywide consultations across the 26 dioceses of Ireland, the document is presented as an amalgamation of the reports from each diocese, 29 additional submissions and the results of a National Synodal

Should the Synod on Synodality be ignored?

August 19, 2022

Amid an increasingly leftwards turn by the Synodal Path in Germany, and calls for upending Catholic tradition in Ireland, is it time to ignore the Pope’s Synod on Synodality? The consultation process – which has been a rather hit-and-miss affair, with huge variance by diocese in terms of engagement – will culminate in a major