Pope Francis
Leo Amid the Heresies – The Catholic Thing
Pope Leo has been traveling in Turkey and Lebanon, doing what popes do on such occasions: Visiting religious and political leaders, signing agreements about further “dialogue,” calling for peace and respect for human dignity. All good things,…
In Search of the Historical St. Francis of Assisi
Pope Francis left the Church with multiple controversies, some that he inherited, some that he induced. Indeed, amid the complaints about clericalism and “backwardists,” the considerable presence of LGBT and feminist concerns in recent Church…
What World and Time Is This?
One of the better ways of trying to understand a writer or speaker is to imagine what audience he thinks he’s addressing, and what he believes that audience most needs to hear. For the popes of the last half century or so, I think I pretty much…
Is Pope Leo Francis 2.0? More Synodal Meetings & “Spectacles”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi0BBP5KuPY In this special episode of Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo convenes Father Gerald Murray and Robert Royal from Rome to ask the question on many minds: Is Pope Leo Francis 2.0? The trio examines Pope…
Dilexi Te and Loving the Poor – Religion & Liberty Online
Pope Leo XIV’s first major proclamation, Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You), is an apostolic exhortation addressed “to all Christians” on caring for the poor. Pope Francis was preparing this exhortation when he died. Leo finished the project, and he…
Where Did Francis Go Awry?
When I retired after a decade of service at the Holy See, things were not going well. That was in 2016. Truth be told, things were already not going well even under Benedict XVI. The Roman Curia is a bureaucratic mess. But magisterial messes are…
Leo XIV contra Leo XIII
Pope Leo XIV took his name to signal his closeness to Leo XIII, and yet in his recent Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi te, his statements sometimes seem at odds with his predecessor: on the root of social evils, the remediation of poverty, and…
The Vicar vs. the Veep: Pope Leo XIV Should Drop Francis’ Open Borders Obsession
Faithful Roman Catholics hoped the first American pope, Leo XIV, would make a decisive break with Pope Francis, but he is already continuing one of his predecessor’s worst habits: putting the moral authority of world’s largest church behind…
Why Did Some Catholics Try to Bodysnatch Charlie Kirk? The Reason Will Make You Sad
As I tried (along with the rest of the Church) to process the horror of Charlie Kirk’s public murder by a supporter of transgender madness, I saw something happening that first made me really hopeful. Then it got me angry. But in the end what it…
Catholic Coalition Petitions Pope Leo to Annul Decree Permitting Same-Sex Blessings
An international coalition of traditionalist Catholics is urging Pope Leo XIV to repeal the two edicts from Pope Francis that permit couples in adulterous partnerships to receive Holy Communion and authorize priests to offer nonliturgical…