As we saw in Part I, Archbishop Viganò’s current position hinges on the belief that Francis’s legitimacy is highly (if not certainly) doubtful, but is that really the case? Not according to the doctrine known as peaceful and universal acceptance, which the renowned Jesuit canonists Fr. Francis X. Wernz (1842-1914) and Fr. Peter Vidal (1867-1938)…
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 14, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). In a letter to his brothers and sisters in Christ, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, appealed for peace in the Holy Land and included a prayer to Our Lady on the feast…
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The Hillbilly Thomists perform at St. Francis Hall in Washington, D.C., as part of their ongoing Marigold Tour on Aug. 8, 2024. / Credit: Gigi Duncan/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 14, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Following the release of their new album, titled “Marigold,” the Hillbilly Thomists performed in Washington, D.C., as part of…
I have never met Fr. Flum, the devil’s “public enemy” and subject of The Hermit: The Priest Who Saved a Soul, a Marriage, and a Family (Ignatius, 2024). At this point, I likely never will—now that he’s “completely off the grid, gone forever like absolved sin,” as the author of said book, Kevin Wells, relayed…
As a nation, we’re going broke—in multiple senses. But what I call the Scarlett O’Hara Defense (“I’ll think about it tomorrow”) and psychologists call “normalcy bias” allows us to go about our semi-normal lives even when the country has no leader, is involved in two proxy wars, is staggering under a ballooning national debt that…
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St. Maximilian Kolbe. / Credit: Nancy Bauer/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Aug 14, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). As World War II raged around him in Poland, St. Maximilian Kolbe fought for souls using a printing press and another “weapon” — the Miraculous Medal. “Even though a person be the worst sort, if only he agrees to…
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