Columns
Why St. Thomas?
The Church has given the title “doctor” to some of her saints. In Latin doctor means “teacher” and the doctors of the Church are teachers of a very special sort. Pius X calls them “our […]
Saint Paul VI
Chapp's Schtick
The undermining of John Paul II in the name of Veritatis Splendor continues
Pedro Gabriel has penned a response to my most recent CWR article, which focused on the moral theology of Pope Francis. Gabriel’s essay is full of the kind of sophistry one has come to expect […]
Features
President Biden and Progressive Catholic Fantasyland
Imagine yourself the op-ed page editor of a newspaper that prides itself on rigorous editorial standards. A column comes in, declaring Donald Trump the greatest president since Lincoln and citing as warrants for that claim […]
The Dispatch
A Saintly View of Vatican II: On St. John Paul II and the Council
Editor’s note: This essay, which originally appeared at CWR on May 31, 2020, is reposted in honor of St. John Paul II’s feast day. “By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly proclaiming that […]
Features
A Response to Archbishop Viganò’s Letter about Vatican II
I very much appreciate Archbishop Viganò taking the time to respond to my article that appeared in Inside the Vatican on July 27, 2020. However, I found his response, posted on August 10th at Inside […]
Features
McCarrick and theological dissent in the Sixties: Observations of a contemporary
The investigation into how the former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was promoted up to the level he enjoyed before his misdeeds became public knowledge is necessary and may yield helpful results. However, besides the question of […]
Analysis
The Ratzinger Diagnosis
Published a week short of his 92nd birthday, Joseph Ratzinger’s essay on the epidemiology of the clergy sex-abuse crisis vividly illustrated his still-unparalleled capacity to incinerate the brain-circuits of various Catholic progressives. The origins of […]
Books
Lament for the Liturgy
Fifty years ago this April, Pope St. Paul VI issued the Apostolic Constitution, Missale Romanum, which promulgated the Novus Ordo Missae, the New Rite of the Roman Mass. The Novus Ordo went into effect the […]
Books
The Smoke of Satan provides clear, concise analysis of the episcopal crisis
“Through some fissure the smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God.” — Pope St. Paul VI in 1972 The sex-abuse crisis, now in its episcopal phase, is certainly the worst crisis the Church […]
Features
Bishop Cary: “Satan wants to destroy the Eucharist” and the priesthood
Bishop Liam Cary, 71, has led the Diocese of Baker, Oregon since 2012. He was born in Portland, the oldest of four children, and grew up in Prineville, twenty miles away from Redmond where he […]