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Defense of Vatican II

Vatican II, interreligious dialogue, and Pope Leo: My latest in The Pillar

Pope Leo XIV will not be changing the teaching of Nostra Aetate

My conversation with Kale Zelden on his podcast: The Underneath.

A great conversation with Kale Zelden on the Church and the coming AI apocalypse

My conversation with Mark Lambert on the Catholic Unscripted podcast

A wide ranging conversation on Pope Leo, Vatican II, and what is to come

A meditation on the Theo-Drama of a papal conclave: My latest in Catholic World Report

A meditation on the unparalleled drama of a conclave

The Communio Interviews: Samuel Korb joins Larry Chapp to discuss intratrinitarian kenosis in the thought of Origen

What is the significance of the Word's kenosis in the Incarnation for the intratrinitarian life of God?

My latest, and last, Letter from Rome in First Things

Popes come and go, but their magisterial teaching perdures.

Pope Leo XIV and a truly synodal Church: My latest in The Pillar

Pope Leo XIV has a unique opportunity to build a truly synodal Church

Bernini's vision and the current state of St. Peter's square: My latest in Catholic World Report

The pragmatic and the efficient have been prioritized over the sacred and the transcendent in St. Peter's square in Rome

My latest "Letter from Rome" in First Things: "This too shall pass."

What is needed right now is a calm sobriety

Business as usual is an untenable path for the Church. My latest in Catholic World Report

The Church cannot continue with a "business as usual" mentality.

Letter from Rome in First Things: My latest

There is nothing new in the moral theology of the modern proportionalists

Moral theology and the conclave: My latest in The National Catholic Register

The biggest issue before the cardinals is the preservation of the Church's moral theology

My appearance on Kale Zelden's podcast: The Underneath

The Conclave and related issues

My latest in The Pillar: the ongoing debate between Concilium vs Communio theology in the papacy of Pope Francis

The pontificate of Pope Francis saw a rejuvenation of "Concilium theology" and its ongoing debate with "Communio theology"

Letter number three from Rome in First Things

Moral theology and "concrete circumstances" in the "messiness" of life

Crisis in the Church

My second "Letter from Rome" in First Things: Controlling the narrative

Who controls the ecclesial narrative is the key queston

Crisis in the Church

Letters from Rome: My first essay in First Things

The papacy of Pope Francis and the next pope

Crisis in the Church

The papacy of Pope Francis: My latest in Catholic World Report

The pontificate of Pope Francis was one of contradictions

Communio Theology

Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Election of Pope Benedict XVI: My Latest in The National Catholic Register

Marking 20 years since the election of Pope Benedict XVI

Defense of Vatican II

On the anniversary of Nicaea: Interpreting Vatican II as a ressourcement council. My latest in The Pillar

Vatican II was a ressourcement council and its proper interpretation resides therefore in that direction, which is precisely the direction of popes John Paul and Benedict

Dr. Matthew Minerd joins Larry Chapp to discuss Eastern Catholicism, modernism, and Vatican II

A fascinating conversation on Eastern Catholicism, modernism, and Vatican II

Best of Larry Chapp

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.

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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.

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The Hermeneutics of the Abyss: Some Thoughts on Traditionis Custodes

A discussion of traditionis custodes through a hermeneutic of the abyss.

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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"

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Universalism, Balthasar, the Massa Damnata, and the Question of Evangelization

A discussion of universalism, balthasar, evangelization, and massa damnata

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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"

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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

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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

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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

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