Revisiting The Kasper-Ratzinger debate

… and the state of the Church.. unfinished controversy? | New Oxford Review 2001. Cardinal Walter Kasper famously contested Cardinal Ratzinger’s defense of the “ontological primacy of the universal church” over the local churches. By Philip Blosser | April 2002Philip Blosser, Professor of Philosophy at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, North Carolina. “When Cardinals clash in… Read More Revisiting The Kasper-Ratzinger debate

Ross Douthat On Liberal Catholicism’s Flirtatious Chasing of the Culture

Updated. See EWTN link below(1). “There’s a style of liberal Catholic argument that denies that it’s seeking real changes in church teaching, that insists that it just wants a different emphasis — less talk about sex, less fixation on the particular evils of unchastity opposed to other kinds of sin, less emphasis on rigid norms… Read More Ross Douthat On Liberal Catholicism’s Flirtatious Chasing of the Culture

Did Archbishop Vigano Overreach Regarding the Mass of Paul VI?

Fr. Brian Harrison, a well-known theologian who has long been conversant with traditionalist polemics thinks so, and he stated his reasons publicly in the pages of The Wanderer back in January, 2022 Archbishop Viganò Vs. The Novus Ordo By Fr. Brian W. Harrison, OSThe WandererJan. 27, 2022 Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former papal Nuncio to… Read More Did Archbishop Vigano Overreach Regarding the Mass of Paul VI?

O’Malley says EWTN, social media give distorted image of US support for Pope

By Elise Ann AllenDec 18, 2021, CruxNews ROME – In a new interview, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston spoke out against American critics of Pope Francis with ties to the EWTN television network, insisting that despite this opposition, the pope enjoys broad support in the United States. A key papal advisor, O’Malley spoke to veteran… Read More O’Malley says EWTN, social media give distorted image of US support for Pope