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Larry Chapp interviews Dr. Roland Millare on the theology of Joseph Ratzinger
Our Messianic Politics: A short essay in The National Catholic Register
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/catholics-primary-politics
The hypocritical ultramontanism of The National Catholic Reporter: My latest in Catholic World Report
A recent opinion piece by the puerile Michael Sean Winters in The National Catholic Reporter was so absurdly awful, even for him, that it deserved a reponse. And here it
On the passing of Dr. David L. Schindler. Some words from Dr. Rodney Howsare and Dr. Larry Chapp
It is with great sorrow that I heard yesterday from my former student, Dr. Rachel Coleman, that the great David L. Schindler had passed away. For those of my readers
The Weirdness of Christ and the Authenticity of the Church
The hits just keep on coming. In France a retired Cardinal has admitted that several decades ago he sexually abused a fourteen year old girl. He has now dutifully made
True and False Mediations of God: My latest in Catholic World Report
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/11/10/how-christocentric-and-spirit-filled-are-the-synodal-machinations/
Larry Chapp Interviews Dr. Jonathan Ciraulo on the Sacramental Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar.
Linked below is my interview with Dr Jonathan Ciraulo who teaches systematic theology at Saint Meinrad's Seminary in Indiana. His new book on the sacramental theology of Hans
Larry Chapp interviews Michael Hanby, David C. Schindler, and Rodney Howsare on "Synodality"
Larry Chapp interviews Zac Crippen on Vatican II and Synodality
Vatican II Sixty Years Later: My Latest in Catholic World Report
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/10/15/vatican-ii-five-views-sixty-years-on/
Larry Chapp Interviews Kale Zelden on the Crisis in the Church
Linked below are part one and part two of my interview with Kale Zelden. It is in two parts because I forgot that the free version of Zoom times out
The Universal Call to Holiness and the Laity: My Latest in the Register
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/what-does-the-universal-call-to-holiness-look-like-today
Liturgy and Community in Light of Vatican II: My Latest in The National Catholic Register
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/vatican-ii-sought-true-liturgical-reform
Why the "Average Catholic" Should Still Care About Vatican II: My Essay in Our Sunday Visitor
Linked below is an article of mine on Vatican II that was just published in Our Sunday Visitor. https://www.osvnews.com/2022/10/07/60-years-after-the-opening-
Larry Chapp interviews Aaron Riches and Andrew Jaeger on Balthasar, Plato, and Hegel
Orwellian Synodality
"We are in a right spot here!" (Ulysses Everett McGill) O Brother Where Art Thou What follows is polemical. I make no apologies for that. Because it is
Larry Chapp Interviews the Source of All Hope Missionaries
Collegiality and Synodality: My Latest in Catholic World Report
Linked below is my latest in Catholic World Report wherein I defend Saint Pope John Paul II against the charge that he failed to implement the teaching of Vatican II
A Lecture in Baltimore at the National Shrine of the Basilica of the Assumption
Dorothy Day, Vatican II and the Universal Call to Holiness I want to thank the organizers of this event, most especially Father Brendan Fitzgerald, for inviting me to speak to
Larry Chapp Interviews Fr. John Eckert on the Challenges of Modern Parish Life
Andrew Gniadek of Midnight Carmelite interviews Larry Chapp on the Universal Call to Holiness
Latest in Catholic World Report: The False Narrative of the "Interrupted Council".
Linked below is my latest essay in Catholic World Report. It is part I of a new series of essays on Vatican II and its retrieval by Saint Pope John
Larry Chapp and Rodney Howsare interview Dr. Cyril O'Regan: Modernity, Hegel, Gnosticism and Marcionism
This latest interview is one of the longest I have done and one of the most important I think. Cyril O'Regan is one of the most important Catholic
Dom Dalmasso of the Logos Project Interviews Larry Chapp on Hans Urs von Balthasar
It was a joy and a pleasure to be on Dom Dalmasso's "Logos Project" podcast to discuss Hans Urs von Balthasar. I hope you all enjoy