Pontifical John Paul II Institute

Veritatis Splendor vs. Amoris Laetitia

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

It’s Time the Church Declared the Personhood of the Unborn

A DOCTRINE BEGGING TO BE DEVELOPED By Monica Migliorino Miller, New Oxford Review, May1, 2023 Monica Migliorino Miller, a Contributing Editor of the NOR, is Director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society and teaches theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. She is the author of... read more

President of refounded John Paul II Institute highlights shift in focus

Catholic Culture, March 15, 2023 Msgr. Philippe Bordeyne, president of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome, discussed the shift in focus at the Institute since Pope Francis refounded it in 2017. Msgr. Bordeyne, the Institute’s... read more

Upon This Creampuff

With doctrinal revisionism and persecuting Latin mass communities, Pope Francis makes mockery of Catholicism's claim of stability By Rod Dreher, American Conservative, July 16, 2022If I hadn’t lost my ability to believe in the authority of the Catholic Church back in 2006, the turmoil under... read more

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

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

New JPII Institute Professors Question Church Orthodoxy on Homosexuality, Contraception

Father Maurizio Chiodi and Father Pier Davide Guenzi currently teach moral theology at the University of Northern Italy in Milan, and both are well known for their questioning of moral absolutes. Edward Pentin Blog, September 13, 2019 VATICAN CITY — The latest development in what is... read more

The term ‘life’ must be redefined,’ new head of Vatican Life Academy declares

LOS ANGELES, California, September 5, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) ― The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life has declared that the academy must broaden its scope and welcome non-Christian “experts.” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, 74, presented the speech at Loyola Marymount, a private... read more

BETRAYING THE LEGACY OF JOHN PAUL II

by Philip Lawler, 8 . 19 . 19 The most controversial document of this controversial pontificate, the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, is again at the center of a heated controversy at the Vatican. The matter at hand—which keeps popping up in different forms—is whether Pope Francis can... read more

Founding prof laments ‘destruction’ of John Paul II Institute

[Editor’s note: The following is an English translation of the “Public Statement Concerning the Turmoil Surrounding the Pope John Paul II Institute for the Family in Rome,” released on August 28.] Addressed to: Archbishop Vincenco Paglia, Great Chancellor of the InstituteMsgr.... read more

International scholars express concerns about John Paul II Institute

Vatican City, Aug 15, 2019 / 04:17 pm (CNA).- A group of 49 academics from universities around the world has asked the administrators of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome to reinstate several faculty members recently dismissed from the institute. Contributors to the recently... read more