The SSPX Again Says No to the Catholic Church
COMMENTARY: The Society’s answers will always be No, even when the Church first offers Yes. Numerous accounts of
Author: Father Raymond J. de Souza
Pope Leo’s Welcome Act of Remembrance and Tribute — and Reconciliation
COMMENTARY: John Paul explicitly attributed his survival of the shooting to the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima.
Noting Pope Leo’s Key Overtures to Spain and Monaco
COMMENTARY: Both events indicate what has become a key theme of the new pontificate: easing frictions and tensions.
Leo’s Lenten Retreat Provides Further Insight Into His Pontificate
COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s bold choice of Bishop Erik Varden as retreat leader speaks volumes. Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo Walks the ‘Early Francis’ Path — With a New Approach
COMMENTARY: Early signs from Leo’s first consistory suggest continuity with Pope Francis’ original pastoral vision — more in
Springtime Delayed: Why the Great Jubilee’s Promise Remains Unfulfilled
COMMENTARY: A quarter century after the Jubilee of 2000, the Church is still asking why the evangelical hopes
St. John Henry Newman’s ‘Second Spring’ Reaches Its Full Bloom
COMMENTARY: Once barred from Oxford for his faith, the English convert who preached of a ‘second spring’ now
‘Dilexi Te’: The Franciscan Framework of Pope Leo’s First Document
COMMENTARY: The challenge of using such a framework is that many audiences take Brother Sun and Mother Earth
A Moment of Special Grace
We knew, even as the evening concluded, that it would be lodged in our memories and our hearts