Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Yes, No, I Don’t Know, You Figure It Out. The Fluid Magisterium of Pope Francis

Francis, the First Pope Lauded by Secular Opinion

Highly Centralizing and Hardly Collegial. That's How the Bishops See Him

Vatican Diary / Confirmed, promoted, removed

Liturgical Reform, a History to Rewrite

The Federalist Option of the Bishop of Rome

Even the Pope Critiques Himself. And Corrects Three Errors

Vatican Diary / In the United States everybody with Francis, rightly or wrongly

As I've been saying here since I began this blog, the Church needs to learn and apply the lessons of a modern communications strategy. We have an excellent message to promote. Yet the Church continues to struggle to bring its instruments of communication into the 21st century. Sandro Magister, one of the most important commentators on all things Catholic who writes from Rome takes up this very point in this recent column. In Paris the Dispute Was about God, But about Man First

Archbishop Charles Chaput (Denver) IF the day should ever come that I would leave my beloved Ottawa Valley Diocese of Pembroke, and were to leave the country, the Dioceses headed by the Archbishops mentioned in this story would be my destination. These men are orienting their diocese in the right direction, choosing to engage the argument in defense of faith in the Public Square. It would be an honor to harness myself to the team that is being guided with such wisdom. In Canada men like Archbishops Collins (Toronto) and Smith (Edmonton) and Bishop Henry (Calgary) are also working towards the same goal. They too are a blessing for the Church in North America. With the elevation of Cardinal Ouellet to the Congregation of Bishops in Rome, and with the imminent replacement of over 50% of the Bishops in Quebec over the next five years (as they reach 75 years of age), the chances for other like minded Bishops throughout the province are future is pregnant with hope for better times in ...