Gaudium et Spes 22
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A meditation on our nihilistic culture

A lively discussion of Rod Dreher's new book: Living in Wonder: Finding Meaning and Mystery in a Secular World

A discussion of her Communio article: "Completing What is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions: A Biblical Exploration of Ecclesial Co- Atonement". In Communio: Spring 2024

A discussion of Fr. Anthony Lusvardi's book "Baptism of Desire and Christian Salvation"

A discussion on the development of doctrine as well as modern American politics

The sufferings of God are the sufferings of an eternal love

Jansenism is a tendency that became a tradition

Suffering and death in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger

Christology is anthropology

The same facile binary political categories that animate secularism have also invaded the Catholic household

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

The Synod remains an undefined project

There is a puzzling outsized representation of Jesuits at the Synod.

Synodality seems designed to keep Catholics in a perpetual state of adolescent grievance

The spirit of true Catholicism is a spirit of joy

The Synod part two has sarted. Does any average Catholic really care?

An outreach ministry to homosexuals and others who have been sexually wounded

The Synod, Pope John Paul, Moral theology, and more are discussed

Always a delight to discuss ecclesial and contemporary issues with Kale Zelden

Dr. Abigail Favale discusses her conversion to Catholicism as well as her views on the current controversies surrounding gender studies

A fascinating conversation on issues in ecclesiology with one of the leading Catholic theologians of our time. Ratzinger prize winner, Dr. Tracey Rowland

Lumen Gentium is even more relevant today as it was in 1964

There is an urgent need for a renewal of theology

There are a lot of questions raised by the pope's recent remarks in Singapore and not many answers

Dont let the Church's problems drive you from the faith.

Politics as a subset of holiness

The self referential synodal process is an exercise in ecclesial navel staring that ignores the cultural crisis at hand

Bishop Conley's new pastoral letter on Catholic education ("The Joy and Wonder of Catholic Education") is a must read for anyone interested in this topic

The Synod on synodality is the quintessence of a self-referential Church

There is nothing more liberating than than the truth of what it means to be human in the light of Christ

The assertion that Jesus never claimed to be divine is exegetically dubious

Identity, Technocracy and the Church

Hagiography as a "blood transfusion" for theology

The latest synodal thinking continues to push a deeply misleading interpretation of Vatican II on the People of God

The political homelessness of orthodox American Catholics

The misuses of the People of God metaphor in the synodal documents

The deceptive nature of Fr. James Martin's ministry

Traditionis Custodes is a failure of pastoral governance

The liturgy is still a bone of contention.

Evangelization of the young in a secularized and post Christian culture

There are still many questions about the Synod that need answering.

The biblical exegesis of Pope Benedict XVI is profound and of deep significance.

There was very little that was in any way "pastoral" in Traditionis Custodes

Pope Benedict understood that biblical exegesis cannot bracket out the faith as "unscientific"

Care for the environment is a traditional Catholic issue, but it must include the human dimension in a spiritual register

Heidi Schlumpf's puerile attempt at co-opting Aquinas for the LGBTQ religion of nihilistic transgression

Nietzsche destroys the deflections and lies of Liberalism

The Catholic Church needs a strong papacy. The center must hold.

We begin with the theories of Iain McGilchrist and then discuss various ecclesial issues

Now is not the time for a radical redefinition of the papacy. Reform yes, radical deconstructing no.

Fr. Fessio is one of the most important figures in modern Catholicism

A synodal Catholic church must be a truly Catholic church and not an attempt at emulating the Orthodox and the Anglicans

Matthias Scheeben is the most brilliant theologian few people know about

Heaven and Hell are christological categories that reside within Christ's unshielded Sacred Heart

David Deane discusses his latest book which is marvelous

The Catholic Church has been there from the beginning.

The deflection and hypocrisy of the Left when it comes to "pelvic issues".

Dr. Larry Chapp joins Midnight Carmelite as we discuss a range of issues, including technology and its proper use. We also talk about GS22 being the official podcast of Communio, the concept of razing the bastions, empathetic thinking, Christ on the cross, and the acceptance of being wrong.

The ever interesting Michael Hanby

Vatican II's use of the "people of God" metaphor was not ecclesial code for "the laity"

Bureaucracies hate exceptions. Which is why they shun diversity and engender uniformity

Narratives matter.

One of the most important, and misunderstood, texts of Vatican II

The Council documents fade. What remains is the "viscousness" of its mythology

An in depth discussion of one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century

An empty hell cannot be posited on the grounds of the weakness of our freedom

A discussion of Lewis' masterful fantasy tale of Heaven and Hell

My ongoing discussion of the state of modern American seminaries

Criticism of a Pope is allowed. But it must be sober and willing to admit when the Pope is right about something

The contemporary relevance of French Catholic political thought

America as Empire

Introducing a new set of interviews with the authors featured in Communio: International Catholic Review

The New Religion of Humanity is a direct challenge to the Christian faith

Catholics are in a bind when it comes to modern American politics

Here is the video of the lecture I gave in Sioux Falls for Mount Marty and their 5th annual Aquinas Lecture.

The Catholic will always be, in any culture, a mere pilgrim sojourner. No political construal is ever absolute. God alone abides.

Madeleine Delbrel is a truly modern saint. The sanctity of transformed unbelief

The Church has authority over the liturgy 

Gender theory is an attack on nature as oppressive and seeks to liberate us from our own bodies.

According to some, the Church has not understood human sexuality until yesterday

Demos II, an anonymous Cardinal, has some trenchant criticisms of this pope

Not all doctrinal change is a genuine development of doctrine.

The Church is still filled with vitality despite its problems

Fr. Weinandy appeals to Cardinal Newman's concept of development to make sense of current issues

We have only begun to fully appropriate the theology of Joseph Ratzinger

Cardinal Ratzinger and Pope John Paul II: a "dream team".

What is the significance today of Ex corde Ecclesiae?

Bishop Elect Keith Chylinski on modern seminary formation

Louis Bouyer is a neglected theological treasure

Mount St. Mary's is the oldest independent Catholic Seminary in the United States

Capitalism, Militarism and Catholicism in the vision of Dorothy Day

We are not fools, and the pale, flaccid spiritual veganism of modernity’s merchants of Almond Milk fulfillment actually induce a bit of righteous rage at the condescending presumption that if one is not satisfied with such fakery that one must be in a stage of psychological immaturity.

The renewal of the liturgy is not dead

David L. Schindler was, in my view, the greatest American Catholic intellectual of our time

Confession of a Catholic Worker