As the Catholic Church prepares to select its next pope following the death of Pope Francis, speculation continues to rise about who that man will be. (WATCH: The Weekend Spectator Ep. 37: A Catholic and a Protestant on the Pope)…
We columnists are the prostitutes of public debate. Yesterday we were experts on tariffs, the day before on geopolitics, and today on the Vatican curia, or even papal candidates. Now that Francis has returned to the Father’s House, the trend…
Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, much attention has turned to the selection of his successor. The next pope has a tall task before him: He must be able to offer a definitive spiritual vision for the…
On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis was wheeled out to offer the traditional blessing of pontiffs to tens of thousands of Catholics in St. Peter’s Square. His voice was raspy, and he seemed tired and weak. Usually, the Roman pontiff offers…
The Catholic Church has suffered the passing of another Pontiff. Early on Easter Monday, Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88, according to Vatican authorities. The Pope was hospitalized on Feb. 14, over concerns about worsening bronchitis, and…
I was awakened early this morning by my wife informing me that Pope Francis has died. “Wow,” was my instant verbal reaction. I grabbed my bedside rosary ring and did a Divine Mercy Chaplet for his soul. It was probably…
There are some lives that even the most optimistic among us dare not eulogize; Theodore E. McCarrick’s life might very well fall into that category. Once the highest prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, the former…
American Catholics ought to be alarmed but, in a way, inspired by some recent statistics on the Catholic faith in the U.S. The Pew Research Center published its Religious Landscape Study recently, including an analysis of the habits, beliefs, and…
One of America’s most progressive prelates is pushing an open borders interpretation of Holy Scripture, in direct defiance of both the longstanding teachings of the Catholic Church and President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. At an event entitled “Catholic Social Teaching…
