… and the Challenges for Leo. “In his May 12 article in First Things — “Francis is Full” — Bishop Robert Barron eloquently wrote of the late Pontiff’s many positive accomplishments as well as some very serious problems like a legacy of disunity. Bishop Barron’s evaluation of Pope Francis’ ministry provides a lens through which… Read More Dr. Ralph Martin on Bishop Barron and the fraught legacy of Francis
“We ben ydiotes, myne swete, ’tis a queynte wondir we may ete oure mete.” — Bob Dylan / SH By Mike Heuer. UPI. Mon, September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM EDT. Sept. 1 (UPI) — Pope Leo XIV confirmed his intent to include LGBTQ parishioners within the Catholic Church ahead of their planned Holy Year pilgrimage… Read More Pope Leo XIV accepts LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church. “All Are Welcome.’
Robert Royal & Fr. Gerald Murray discuss the fallout from the TLM controversy, the new Vatican document on the next steps for synodality, “Pathways for the Implementation of the Synod” that includes a new study on liturgy instituted by Pope Leo XIV, and why two Catholic bishops have lifted the obligation to attend Sunday Mass… Read More “Syondality”: Apparently Not Being Dialed Down?
NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK By Pieter Vree, Editor | June 2025 | New Oxford Review Notebook. Well, that’s finally over. Pope Francis died on April 21, bringing to a close a chaotic pontificate characterized by chronic confusion and polarizing polemics. The late Pope, an imprecise thinker, writer, and speaker, was known to engage in studied ambiguity and to issue pointed barbs.… Read More Farewell, Francis. Hello, Leo XIV
Note: Canon Law 209- 212; emphasis added. Can. 209 §1. The Christian faithful, even in their own manner of acting, are always obliged to maintain communion with the Church 212 §2 “The Christian faithful are free to make known to the pastors of the Church their needs, especially spiritual ones, and their desires. §3. According… Read More Laity, Obedience, and the Pope
Washington Post. 5/8/25. Pope Leo XIV spent two decades working in Peru’s poorest enclave and appears to be in the mold of Pope Francis — who carried a legacy as “the people’s pope” for his outreach to those on society’s margins. The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while… Read More What we know about Pope Leo XIV’s political and social views
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