Amoris Laetitia

Exclusive. Müller Writes to Duka: Fernández Goes Against Catholic Doctrine, and With Him Is the Pope

10/13/2023 at 3:19 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Sandro Magister, L'Espresso, October 13, 2023 (s.m.) In the open letter to his friend Cardinal Dominik Duka published today exclusively by Settimo Cielo, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller criticizes in depth the response given last September 25 by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, the... read more

Veritatis Splendor vs. Amoris Laetitia

08/07/2023 at 11:35 AM By Kevin Edward White
Pope John Paul II's inspiring encyclical on moral theology celebrates its 30th anniversary, but today many at the highest levels of the Church ignore or even reject its teachings. By Richard A. Spinello, Crisis, August 7, 2023 Pope John Paul II’s inspiring encyclical on moral... read more

Professor Rist: The Catholic Church Could Be Facing a Crisis Worse Than the Arian Controversy of the 4th Century

07/24/2023 at 9:36 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Edward Pentin,  July 24, 2023 The recent suspension of an Italian priest for writing a scholarly critique of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia was a foolish and “wholly unjust” decision but one that underlines the depth of a crisis in the Church that could... read more

Archbishop Paglia on relevance of ‘Humanae vitae’ today

05/28/2023 at 10:04 AM By Kevin Edward White
The President of the Pontifical Academy of Life offers his thoughts on a bioethical perspective that he says calls for a worldwide alliance among all the sciences for the future of the planet and humanity. By Vatican News, May 25, 2023 A two-day Congress organized by the Jérôme Lejeune... read more

Are We All Schismatics Now?

10/03/2022 at 2:09 PM By Kevin Edward White
The recent news of the Bishops’ Conference of Belgium approving a “blessing” and ritual service for same-sex couples is hardly surprising, given the current state of the Catholic Church in the Low Countries. Across the border, in Germany, the infamous “Synodal Way” marches apace... read more

Flemish Bishops’ Document Undermines the Spiritual Quest of Homosexual People, Belgian Theologians Warn

09/27/2022 at 2:22 PM By Kevin Edward White
NEWS ANALYSIS: Critics of the recent text proposing a liturgy for blessings of same-sex couples note that the Belgian bishops are adopting an erroneous interpretation of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation ‘Amoris Laetitia.’ By Solène Tadié, National Catholic Register, September 27,... read more

It’s Not for the Pope to Change

07/28/2022 at 10:35 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Robert B. Greving, Crisis, July 28, 2022 In the classic The Spiritual Combat, the first weapon needed for sanctity is self-distrust. Or, as Chesterton said, “Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin; complete self-confidence is a weakness.” Some in Rome should think about this before... read more

Understanding Pope Francis: It’s the Moral Theology, Stupid

06/18/2022 at 7:40 AM By Kevin Edward White
COMMENTARY: Something serious does seem to be afoot with this papacy that differs markedly from its predecessors, and that ‘something’ is a revolutionary change in moral theology. By Larry Chapp, National Catholic Register, June 14, 2022 In 1992, with America in the midst of a recession,... read more

Amoris Laetitia: a Ticking Moral Time Bomb

06/12/2022 at 9:35 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Richard A. Spinello, Crisis Magazine, June 9, 2022 On June 22, the Vatican will host the World Meeting of Families, which will showcase the “Amoris Laetitia Family.” When asked about whether this new model of the family includes LGBTQ families and other “irregular” unions, the... read more

Liturgy and Imbecility

01/26/2022 at 10:24 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Casey Chalk, Catholic Thing, January 26, 2022 “The Latin Church,” wrote the prolific satirist H.L. Mencken, “which I constantly find myself admiring, despite its frequent astounding imbecilities, has always kept clearly before it the fact that religion is not a syllogism, but a... read more

IMPORTANT STUDY—“From Traditionis Custodes to the Responsa ad Dubia: On the Hermeneutics of Our Holy Father Francis’s Legislation”

12/31/2021 at 4:54 PM By Kevin Edward White
Rorate Caeli, December 30, 2021 The following article by Padre Federico, first published on December 21 by InfoCatholica, represents a unique approach to the situation presented by the motu proprio and the CDW responses: namely, the author advocates consistently employing, for their... read more

“Amoris Laetitia”: A Clarion Call for a Healthier Clergy

10/29/2021 at 4:19 PM By Kevin Edward White

Culture Warriors, Rigidity, and the Semantic Games of the Catholic Left

07/11/2021 at 9:48 PM By Kevin Edward White

Defending Marriage in the Pope Francis Era

05/03/2021 at 2:52 PM By Kevin Edward White

A strange complaint: Pope Francis’s speech to the Rota

02/18/2021 at 1:17 PM By Kevin Edward White

Preparing Now for What the Future May Hold

01/27/2021 at 8:48 PM By Kevin Edward White

We’re Gonna Get a Whole Year Dedicated to Amoris Laetitia, The Evil Exhortation That Will Never Die

12/28/2020 at 2:56 PM By Kevin Edward White

Mixed Messages from the Vatican and Bishops

10/21/2020 at 11:57 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Banish Sin, Transform the Church

08/22/2020 at 3:42 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

‘Amoris laetitia’ must be read ‘always in continuity’ with Church teaching, pope says

06/25/2020 at 10:16 AM By Mary Anne Hackett