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Larry Chapp interviews Michael Heinlein on his new biography of Cardinal George
Misunderstood and under appreciated, Cardinal George is one of the greatest prelates in the history of the American Church
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
2/1/2023
Crisis in the Church
The theological underpinnings for McElroy's Manifesto: My first piece of news analysis for The Pillar
Cardinal McElroy's views are not new or unique, but they are among some of the most direct statements yet on synodality
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
1/31/2023
Crisis in the Church
The McElroy Manifesto: My Latest in Catholic World Report
Cardinal McElroy's proposals are a prescription for ecclesial suicide
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
1/31/2023
Miscellaneous
Some important announcements for all of my blog followers...
Donation function has been added to the blog
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
1/24/2023
Apologetics
Evangelization Part Three: The Christological and Cruciform Nature of Evangelization.
Evangelization in Guardini's "threshold" and Balthasar's "Valor of the unshielded heart"
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
1/23/2023
Apologetics
Evangelization Part Two: Eric Sammons, Massa Damnata (again) and Bishop Robert Barron
A mainstream traditionalist argues for a return to a Massa Damnata view of salvation. I disagree.
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
1/23/2023
Video Interviews
Larry Chapp interviews Daniel Drain on Communio theology, Balthasar, David Hart, and Universalism
One of my best conversations ever. Daniel Drain is a true gift to the Church
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
1/20/2023
Video Interviews
Larry Chapp interviews journalist Christopher Altieri on the Father Rupnik affair and other issues
A frank discussion with one of the best journalists on Catholic affairs
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
1/18/2023
Video Interviews
Larry Chapp interviews Conor Dugan on the legacy of David L. Schindler and Communio theology
A wide ranging discussion of David L. Schindler and Communio Theology
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
1/15/2023

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Crisis in the Church
The hypocritical ultramontanism of The National Catholic Reporter: My latest in Catholic World Report
The National Catholic Reporter has opposed every pope before Francis. Suddenly, they have discovered that it is wrong to criticize the pope. Well... it is wrong to criticize THIS pope.
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
11/18/2022
Synodality
True and False Mediations of God: My latest in Catholic World Report
God is "doing a new thing" in the Synodal process apparently. Hide the silverware.
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
11/11/2022
Defense of Vatican II
Vatican II Sixty Years Later: My Latest in Catholic World Report
The Council was primarily a theological event
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
10/16/2022
Defense of Vatican II
The Universal Call to Holiness and the Laity: My Latest in the Register
The Crucifixion of Parenthood and the Path to Holiness
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
10/14/2022
Defense of Vatican II
Latest in Catholic World Report: The False Narrative of the "Interrupted Council".
The "People of God" metaphor cannot be viewed in opposition to the Communio ecclesiology of the Council
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
9/6/2022
Crisis in the Church
Rejecting "Low Bar" Thomism in Modern Moral Theology
The rich young ruler in the Gospel narrative was not "accompanied".
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/13/2022
Crisis in the Church
"The Abuse of Conscience": Larry Chapp Interviews Matthew Levering On His New Book
How modern moral theology has lost its moorings
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/5/2022
Ressourcement Theology
Book Review: Henri de Lubac's "The Church: Paradox and Mystery"
De Lubac's insights are as profound for today's Church as they were in 1967
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
8/1/2022
Ressourcement Theology
Communio at Fifty Years: An Interview with Matthew Kuhner, Lisa Lickona and Daniel Drain
Discussion of the upcoming Communio conference at Saint Bernard's School of Theology
Larry Chapp
Larry Chapp
7/30/2022

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Best of Larry Chapp
A Married Priesthood? A Meditation on Mandatory Celibacy: The Witness of Damien Alfonso Bergman
A meditation on the discipline of mandatory celibacy for priests in the Catholic Church.
Larry Chapp
1/13/2022
Best of Larry Chapp
Vatican II as a Ressourcement Council. Part One: Father Robert Imbelli's Conciliar Retrieval
Vatican II has come under heavy fire from many quarters these days as a "failed council" that should just be ignored. In this first post in a new series on Vatican II I defend the council as truly profound. It was a ressourcement council and Father Robert Imbelli's brilliant analysis makes this clear.
Larry Chapp
1/6/2022
Best of Larry Chapp
The Hermeneutics of the Abyss: Some Thoughts on Traditionis Custodes
A discussion of traditionis custodes through a hermeneutic of the abyss.
Larry Chapp
7/19/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
Balthasar, Universalism, and the “Massa Damnata” Part Two: a Defense of Adrienne von Speyr
A discussion of Adrienne Von Speyr, Balthasar, Universalism, and "Massa Damnata"
Larry Chapp
5/30/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
Universalism, Balthasar, the Massa Damnata, and the Question of Evangelization
A discussion of universalism, balthasar, evangelization, and massa damnata
Larry Chapp
5/12/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
The Valor of the Unshielded Heart: A Lenten Meditation
How the unshielded heart leads to a recovery of what it truly means "to be saved"
Larry Chapp
2/17/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
The Constantinian Heathenism of the Church: Joseph Ratzinger and the Crisis of our Time
How Constantinian Heathenism within the Church is a crisis in our time
Larry Chapp
2/3/2021
Best of Larry Chapp
The Choice: Bourgeois Well-Being or Conversion to Christ: Beige Catholicism and the Challenges of the Young Priest
A discussion of beige Catholicism in the context of bourgeois well-being or conversion to Christ
Larry Chapp
12/11/2020
Best of Larry Chapp
The McCarrick Report and the De Facto Atheism of the Church
A discussion of the McCarrick report and its relationship to the de facto athetism of the Church
Larry Chapp
11/11/2020

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