Theology
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SSPX ordinations: 40 years on a second schism
The SSPX’s latest ordinations mark a deeper, more entrenched rejection of Vatican II than its original 1988 schism.
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The courage to be unremarkable
In a culture that prizes visibility, true worth comes not from standing out — the real challenge isn’t accepting ordinariness.
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Rethinking how we respond to grief
Clichés meant to make sense of the senseless often backfire, leaving grieving people questioning whether they were ever truly okay.
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Church knows women were deacons — will they admit it?
The real question is no longer whether women served as ordained deacons, but whether the church will reconsider what it has already found.
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Tend the flame
Valuing tradition means keeping its living fire alight. A dynamic tradition fosters maturity and freedom.
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Service, not imposition: the church’s place in public life
Leo insists the church respects political autonomy, affirming separation of church and state andrejects Christian nationalism outright.
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Pope Leo started a conversation that Silicon Valley cannot ignore
Journalism and Innovation Professor Jeff Jarvis is clear: Pope Leo does not declare war on AI or technology. Those expecting papal condemnation will be disappointed. This encyclical is something rarer — a thoughtful framework for the long conversation ahead, intended not for this moment but for generations.
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The liturgical discipline of mystery
Water, oil, fire, bread and wine do not merely represent something else — within the liturgical action they do something. They engage the body, awaken memory and invite response. Over-explanation risks leaving the assembly understanding more while perceiving far less.
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Questions about AI are really religious questions
Every new technology carries an implicit vision of what it means to be human. That makes the deepest questions about AI fundamentally religious ones – even if much of the developed world would prefer the Church stayed silent on matters of profit and progress.
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The theological emptiness of the Petrocchi report
Phyllis Zagano’s analysis in America and in Flashes dismantles the Petrocchi Commission’s conclusions on women’s diaconate, showing they rest on no historical, theological, or anthropological documentation.
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