An Anti-Catholic Expose Slips Into Hearsay, Rumor, And Catty Accusations
Frédéric Martel’s book, ‘In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy,’ proves to be an appalling exercise in smearing the Catholic Church in order to grind a personal and theological axes.
Did The Catholic Church Destroy Once-Beloved Anchovy Pizza?
Did a minor tweak to the application of Roman Catholic law doom the formerly ubiquitous anchovy pizza? And, if so, what can that tell us about religion?
Pope Francis’ Summit On Clerical Sexual Abuse Was A Charade
By ignoring the causes of the abuse crisis and refusing to address the McCarrick affair, the Vatican has undermined its credibility with a farcical summit.
Vatican Agreement With China Legitimizes A Christian-Torturing Regime
All that is clear is that the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party will work, behind closed doors, to select all future bishops in every Chinese diocese.
The Catholic Scandal Is More About Power Than About Sex
Ultimately, the core of the issue here is not about sex. Not substantially. It is about a degraded Vatican culture that supports men like Theodore McCarrick.
Podcast: Unpacking The Latest Catholic Church Scandals And Political Infighting
Washington Post religion reporter Julie Zauzmer explains the latest allegations against Catholics priests and how Church leadership has failed to respond.
The Catholic Church Is Losing Its War On Human Nature
The Catholic Church’s ‘pedophile priest’ scandal, which goes to the heart of the organization, is the wreckage of its doomed war on human nature.
Pope Francis’s Capitulation To Communist China Betrays His People And Faith
Far from making life easier for Chinese Catholics, accepting Communist control of their bishops disheartens and oppresses them further.
The Vatican’s Créche Is Bad, But Not For Celebrating Homosexuality
The créche is an 800-year-old emblem of divinity ushered into time and history. It is a theological symbol, not a political one.
Congress Promises The World To Charlie Gard While Ignoring Thousands Of Veterans Dying Under Their Care
The personal tragedy of the Gard family and their dying baby elicited a spectacle of hypocrisy and grandstanding from Rome to DC.
The Vatican’s Statement On UK Baby Condemned To Die Is Frightening
If this is where the Vatican now makes its stand, then the most vulnerable members of society—which is to say all of us, at some point—are in trouble.
The Pitfalls Of Debating The Pope’s Liberal Politics
George Neumayr’s book, ‘The Political Pope,’ laments Francis’ embrace of liberalism and walks a fine line between just criticism and jeremiad.
Entertainment Media Casts ‘The Young Pope’ As Supervillain For Being Catholic
Maybe ‘The Young Pope’s’ emphasis on doctrinal purity sounds like a supervillain to those outside the Catholic faith and to more than a few still claiming membership in the church.
You Should Be Grateful The Pope Set Time Right, Heretic Scum
How fortunate we are that at the time the calendar was fixed, there existed an institution with sufficient authority to disseminate it throughout the known world.
Bernie Sanders Is Headed To The Vatican To Discuss ‘Social Justice’
Bernie Sanders has accepted an invitation to the Vatican to meet with church leaders to discuss social justice and environmentalism.
How Thick Is Pope Francis’s Bubble?
Pope Francis has sealed himself off in an ideological bubble harder and more impenetrable than the Popemobile.
Holy Encyclicals And Hot Debates On The Federalist Radio Hour
Ben speaks with Rachel Kopec of the RSC about Congressional Hot Button Issues and about the Vatican’s Climate Encyclical with Ambassador Rooney.
Pope Francis Is More Than A Politician
The pope no longer has the power to drastically change geopolitics. People in a frenzy over Pope Francis’s comments and associations should remember that.
Message for the Pope: Caring for the Poor Doesn’t Make You a Communist, But Advancing Statism Makes You Misguided
If the Pope wants to help the poor, he should push for economic growth rather than redistribution.
Piers Morgan’s 10 Worst Moments
CNN has finally put the Piers Morgan show out of its misery, announcing that the barely-watched show has been canceled.
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