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Pope St John Paul II
Centesimus Annus After 30 Years
May 04, 2021
Like the sabbath, the economy is at the service of the human person, not vice versa. Thus, the measure of a moral economy is the development of the full human person.
How McCarricks Happen
April 18, 2021
Thinking in terms of McCarricks, plural, is important for the Catholic Church. If we’ve had to suffer one, what’s to stop there being others? Indeed, among many lessons to be learned from the whole sorry spectacle, surely one is that being a McCarrick can (to borrow a concept from game theory) be a supremely profitable ‘strategy’.
The Failings and the Surprising Virtues of the Vatican II Priests
April 12, 2021
A conservative Catholic finds he admires certain "spirit of Vatican II" priests and realizes his old hope in the "JP2 generation" may have been misplaced.
Analysis: BXVI’s letter on St John Paul II has at least one line for Francis
May 15, 2020
It's easy to confuse questions of doctrine with those of governance - there's often a good deal of real-world overlap - which is why it's important to make and keep the distinction
Seifert: Vatican’s pro-contraception theologian must ‘revoke his grave errors’ or resign
January 12, 2018
The philosopher, a former member of St John Paul II's pro-life academy, said that accepting Fr Chiodi's remarks would be a ‘betrayal’
As secular liberalism attacks the Church, Catholics can’t afford to be nostalgic
January 05, 2018
Ross Douthat and others hope for a stable truce between Christianity and aggressive liberalism. That's just wishful thinking
Analysis: Will the 2019 Synod discuss married priests?
October 25, 2017
Some of the Pope's most influential associates back married priests - as well as women priests
St John Paul II ‘asked aides if he should resign but was advised against it’
June 15, 2017
Officials and friends said that as the Holy Father he should carry on his mission until the end, his secretary has recalled
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