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Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0

(Chur, Switzerland. kath.net) Hans Küng would have enjoyed the 2021-2024 Vatican Synod. Because he was the one who tried sixty years earlier to equate the concepts [...]
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Pope Leo XIV: Pope Francis’ legacy of synodality is a style, attitude

Pope Leo XIV meets with the synod’s 16th ordinary council near the Vatican on Thursday, June 26, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jun 26, 2025 / 12:55 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis’ biggest legacy regarding synodality is “as a style, an att… […]
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Solidarity: The path between Nationalism and Globalism

We are one human family, yet we are born as members of a particular nation. Christians are reborn as members of Christ’s Mystical Body that [...]
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Preventive war and the U.S. attack on Iran

Last week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with [...]
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New report details the expansion of Planned Parenthood’s deadly reach

In the book of Proverbs, we read that seven actions are an “abomination” to God: “haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a [...]

Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0

Essay

Monsignor Martin Grichting June 26, 2025 0

(Chur, Switzerland. kath.net) Hans Küng would have enjoyed the 2021-2024 Vatican Synod. Because he was the one who tried sixty years earlier to equate the concepts of Synod (or Council) and Church. That was supposed to [...]

Preventive war and the U.S. attack on Iran

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Dr. Edward Feser June 25, 2025 30

Last week I argued that the U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran. America has now entered the war by bombing three facilities associated with Iran’s nuclear program. Is this action morally justifiable in light [...]

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Is “Eucharist” a noun or a verb?

John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. June 23, 2025 20

Current Eucharistic debates cannot be reduced to allowing or not allowing the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass. If that was the issue rather than just a symptom, a solution might be more readily worked [...]

Analysis

Reality or “Reality”? A critique of Fr. David Tracy’s view of religious pluralism

Eduardo Echeverria June 22, 2025 11

Editor’s note: The prominent Catholic theologian Fr. David Tracy (1939-2025), who was known for his writings on pluralism, religious diversity, and interreligious dialogue, died on April 29th, at the age of 86. In this essay, aspects [...]

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Why St. John Fisher lost his head—and why it still matters

Dawn Beutner June 22, 2025 11

When the Catholic Church commemorates the martyrdoms of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More every June 22nd, people tend to think that their deaths were just collateral damage in King Henry VIII’s spat with the [...]

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Opinion: The U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran

Dr. Edward Feser June 21, 2025 131

Let me say at the outset that I agree with the view that it would be bad for the Iranian regime to acquire a nuclear weapon. How close it is to actually acquiring one, I [...]

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Hospitality that leaves a mark and draws others to Christ

Mallory Smyth June 20, 2025 12

They say, “Never meet your heroes; you’ll only be disappointed.” That rule must apply even more when you are a devout Catholic, and your hero is a Protestant pastor. Nevertheless, I, the Catholic, ignored that [...]

Analysis

NPR and the Shrinking of the Western Mind

Rodney Howsare June 18, 2025 52

I have noticed something of a pattern with National Public Radio (NPR) lately: when they interview or feature religious persons, said persons tend also to be homosexual. In February 2023, Ashlee Green wrote a gushing [...]

Technology and Social Justice

James Kalb June 16, 2025 7

Misconceptions about human life and social order lead to endless trouble. So, I’ll make a few more comments on current misconceptions that relate to social justice. One misconception is an overemphasis on individual choice that [...]
The idolatry and “religion” of our present age

Dr. Christopher Shannon June 12, 2025 33
Cultivating the Soul: Gardening as Catechesis

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. June 11, 2025 5

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 128

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...]
Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report

Carl E. Olson November 2, 2024 28
Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 63

Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0

Pope Leo XIV: Pope Francis’ legacy of synodality is a style, attitude

Solidarity: The path between Nationalism and Globalism

Preventive war and the U.S. attack on Iran

New report details the expansion of Planned Parenthood’s deadly reach

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Synodality is the result of a theological error: Küng vs. Ratzinger 2.0

Preventive war and the U.S. attack on Iran

Is “Eucharist” a noun or a verb?

Reality or “Reality”? A critique of Fr. David Tracy’s view of religious pluralism

Why St. John Fisher lost his head—and why it still matters

Opinion: The U.S. should stay out of Israel’s war with Iran

Hospitality that leaves a mark and draws others to Christ

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