Penetrating analysis by Dr. Robert Moynihan.
Pope Francis Hosts a Global Economic Conference To Rethink the World's Economy By Christina Deardurff “The Economy of Francesco,” a conference “hosted by” Pope Francis, will take place March 26-28 in the town of Il Poverello (“The Poor Man”), St. Francis of Assisi.The title of the conference, therefore, is a reference to both: to the saint [...]
Cautions about the Narrative of the Causes of Economic Injustice. By Samuel Gregg, Ph. D.* From the beginning of his pontificate, Jorge Bergoglio has put questions of economic justice front and center of his speeches, interviews, and magisterial teaching. Since Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum, economic questions have assumed a prominent place in the concerns [...]
By Roberto de Mattei In the front, wearing glasses, Italian historian Dr. Roberto de Mattei, chief organizer of the prayer and protest. In the back on the left, just visible behind the man in the light-colored jacket and white cap is a bearded Archbishop Viganò wearing a dark hat. The archbishop told ITV he felt [...]
By John-Henry Westen Your Eminence, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, with respect and love for your office as a bishop and cardinal, as a pastor called to feed the flock of Christ, it is with great sorrow that I must now speak very strongly to you. I do this as a father of young children, as a member [...]
By José Antonio Ureta The “synodal path” undertaken by the German Bishops’Conference departs radically from the traditional synod model, and if not stopped in time, will lead to a schism. Indeed, the said “synodal path” is based on five impostures: Theological Imposture The goals of a regular diocesan synod being purely pastoral and disciplinary, questions of [...]
By Jeanne Smits In a joint letter sent last December to the German faithful by Cardinal Reinhard Marx and Professor Thomas Sternberg, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, the invitation was made to walk a “path of change and renewal together.” It all started with wanting to “make the Church a safe place” [...]
By Alexander Tschuggel “The Church must never become an NGO. Churches and parishes must go out into the public square if we are not to end up as an NGO.” These are the words of Pope Francis on World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 — part of the famous speech in which he [...]
By Michael J. Matt As a German American whose grandparents were born not far from here, I welcome this opportunity to speak to the situation in the GermanCatholicChurch which is beyond desperate and which has caused considerable concern among many American Catholics. The German Bishops’ “synodal path” appears to be an effort to create a church [...]
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Reinhard Marx, President of the German Bishops’ Conference, during the German bishops’ ad limita visit to Rome in 2018 Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò Came Out of Seclusion to Join an International Group of Protesters at a Prayer Vigil in Munich German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller talks to Archbishop Carlo Maria [...]
“Such a step splits the Church” and “leads her toward schism” Robert Spaemann Robert Spaemann is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Monaco of Bavaria. He is one of the leading Catholic philosophers and theologians in Germany. This following is my own translation of the interview on Amoris [...]
