This Potemkin Synod. My latest in Catholic World Report

The question of the development of doctrine is the elephant in the living room

A response to Paul Baumann at Commonweal

Giving doctrinal authority to national episcopal conferences is a bad idea

The triumph of the penultimate over the ultimate. The triumph of the pragmatic over the transcendent.

The Church's mission is to evangelize the Christ of Revelation. Which is to say the Christ of the Church

The path of secularization is a proven recipe for ecclesial disaster