On Tuesday, the Vatican published the Final Report of the Synod on Synodality’s study group on “controversial doctrinal, pastoral and ethical questions,” prominently featuring two anonymous testimonies from openly homosexual men in “same-sex marriages.” The decision was […]
ARCHBISHOP SALVATORE J. CORDILEONE OF SAN FRANCISCO MET WITH POPE LEO XIV ON APRIL 29, 2026, FOR A PRIVATE PAPAL AUDIENCE AT THE VATICAN. While the specific details of their private conversation were not publicly released, their […]
Thomas Aquinas College announced this week that Brian Burch II, the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, will deliver the May 16 commencement address to its California class of 2026, with Father Luke Mata serving as principal celebrant and homilist […]
Last Thursday, Pope Leo XIV inexplicably met with President Obama’s highly partisan top strategist, David Axelrod, in a longer-than-scheduled meeting at the Vatican.. Speculation at the time was that the pope was discussing an Obama visit with […]
Pope Leo’s understated public manner obscures his acceleration of the Vatican’s leftward tilt. The trajectory, set by Pope Francis, quickens under Leo. Following his predecessor, Leo locates evil — in this instance, health inequalities — in impersonal, political terms. Specifically, […]
Sometimes after I post a piece, confidently giving my opinion on this or that issue, I sit back and ask myself: “But what if I’m wrong?” It’s healthy to ask that question, I think. Perhaps many readers […]
Cardinal Joseph Zen delivered a harsh criticism of what he called “the Bergoglian Synodality,” during the Jan. 7–8 Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals. The full text of his remarks was published on Friday, Jan 9 by the blog […]
Following the installation of a new Catholic bishop in China last week, the Vatican announced that the appointment had been made “in accordance with the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.” […]
Pope Leo has been traveling in Turkey and Lebanon, doing what popes do on such occasions: Visiting religious and political leaders, signing agreements about further “dialogue,” calling for peace and respect for human dignity. All good things, and this pope […]
So now we see the price that the Catholic Church must pay for the years of confusion over matters of doctrine during the reign of Pope Francis. When the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) publishes a statement, […]
