Michael Sean Winters: George Weigel and Archbishop Joseph Naumann criticize Pope Francis in ways that are uniquely American and increasingly anachronistic.
Cardinal George Pell said that among the recent popes he was closest to Benedict XVI. Pell spoke during a webinar as part of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross' "The Church Up Close" series for journalists.
Michael Sean Winters: If you wondered whether or not Pope Francis was right to suppress the traditional Latin Mass, you only have to listen to his critics to realize that he was. Schism has been in the air along with the incense.
Cardinal Luis Ladaria's letter systematically pulls apart the rhetorical building blocks that had been assembled by the advocates of denying Communion to President Joe Biden.
Your thoughts: The U.S. bishops' conference disbanded its controversial working group formed to deal with President Joe Biden, showing that the leadership might have recognized their stance was ill-considered.
Distinctly Catholic: News that the U.S. bishops' conference shut down the working group to deal with the Biden administration suggests its leadership now sees that the confrontational stance was ill-considered.
Distinctly Catholic: George Weigel's praise of Archbishop Gomez's churlish Inauguration Day statement invites historical comparison to the 17th-century threat of Jansenism. Weigel is flirting with the stuff of schism.
Distinctly Catholic: 2020 began with the U.S. bishops' ad limina visits offering the chance for frank conversations with Pope Francis, but by year's end, opposition to him in the U.S. church was as strong as ever.
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