Analysis
Synodality vs. Synodality
As Pope Francis’ uneven record indicates, collegiality and synodality are great — until one tries to do something with them. […]
Eastern Orthodox
Opinion
Why talk of Catholic-Lutheran intercommunion damages Catholic-Orthodox relations
If the Catholic Church can and will think of intercommunion, then intercommunion with the Orthodox Churches is the most reasonable, probable, and feasible. […]
The Dispatch
Pope Francis, “diaconal primacy”, and decentralization of the curia
Decentralization by no means guarantees better governance, but is much more theologically, historically, and practically defensible than the Roman centralization and personality cult of the […]
The Dispatch
Canon 844 is not a snag on which Canon 915 might unravel
Most discussants in the matter of “divorced and remarried Eastern Orthodox Christians receiving Eucharist in a Catholic church routinely but incorrectly assume that one’s “proper disposition” for a […]
Features
In search of a father
In that haunting exchange in John’s Gospel, Philip poses what seems a simple request: “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.” To this Jesus responds plaintively: “Have I been with you so long, […]