Por Roberto de Mattei No sabemos si la década comprendida entre principios de 2013 y finales de 2023 será recordada como una de las más intensas del siglo XXI, pero sin duda han sido las más impredecibles de nuestras vidas. La década, de hecho, se abrió con una bomba –la dimisión de Benedicto XVI el…
Por Roberto de Mattei Me gusta recordar la batalla de Lepanto, y no sólo en sus aniversarios importantes, como siempre hemos hecho públicamente en la Fundación Lepanto. La última vez tuvo lugar en 2021, 450º aniversario de la gran victoria, pero gusta recordarlo cada 7 de octubre para no olvidar la importancia y significado de…
By Fr. Gerald E. Murray As all the world now knows, Cardinal Raymond Burke and four fellow cardinals (Brandmüller, Sarah, Sandoval, and Zen) sent five dubia (questions) to Pope Francis this past July. He responded almost immediately, leading several old Vatican hands to believe that the dubia had been anticipated. The dubia and the pope’s responses were not made public, however, until…
Por Roberto de Mattei Además de ser el mes del Rosario, octubre está dedicado a los ángeles. Hoy en día se habla mucho de los ángeles, pero desde una perspectiva que no coincide con la de la Iglesia. Existe una falsa devoción a los ángeles que consiste en imaginarlos como una suerte seres mitológicos a…
By Roberto de Mattei Allah Akbar! — “Allah is great!” This cry has resounded all over the world through the videos that documented the violence of Islamic militants against women, children and young people of all nationalities, massacred or kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while an avalanche of rockets beat down on Israel. The same invocation…
by Roberto de Mattei On Oct. 4, the solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, the 16th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on “synodality” opened. Many opposing statements and controversies have preceded and are accompanying the event. On October 2, in the face of “various statements by some senior prelates (… ) blatantly contrary…
By JD Flynn Pope Francis, the Church learned Monday, answered the dubia. Not — to be clear — the questions posed to him after the 2016 publication of Amoris laetitia — questions so long unanswered that “answer the dubia” has become a meme in some Catholic circles. But the pope answered this summer another set of dubia — questions asked…
By Edward Pentin Five cardinals have sent a set of questions to Pope Francis to express their concerns and seek clarification on points of doctrine and discipline ahead of this week’s opening of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican. The cardinals said they submitted five questions, called “dubia,” on Aug. 21 requesting clarity on topics relating to doctrinal…
Sous le titre : « Le “scandale de l’Eglise” est un scandale universitaire », publié le 27 septembre 2023 dans le journal alémanique Die Weltwoche, Christoph Mörgeli, historien, spécialisé dans l’histoire de la médecine, attaque fortement le rapport publié par l’université de Zurich sur les abus, mettant spécialement en cause les évêques. Le sous-titre de l’article est assez explicite…
By Roberto de Mattei The great Juan Donoso Cortés (1809-1853) said that behind every political problem there is a theological and metaphysical problem. Sometimes, however, behind a theological problem there is a political problem that explains it. This is what must be kept in mind in order to predict what will happen in the next…
