L’atmosphère de fin de règne qui domine à Rome depuis plusieurs mois fait que tous les vaticanistes s’interrogent sur la personnalité de celui qui succèdera au pape François. Le prochain synode sur la synodalité (4-29 octobre 2023) suscite une nouvelle interrogation : le futur pape sera-t-il nécessairement « synodal » ? Dans Le Point du 28 juillet, Massimo Faggioli, professeur au…
By Roberto de Mattei The two major disasters that have struck North Africa in recent days-first the earthquake in Morocco and then, the hurricane with the collapse of two dams in Libya-have caused thousands of casualties, mourning and devastation of all kinds. On Western TV and Internet channels, scenes of grief alternated with the voices…
El cardenal Müller se suma al obispo Schneider y muestra públicamente su apoyo al obispo de Tyler Joseph Strickland, quien según medios estadounidenses el Vaticano podría forzarle a dimitir próximamente. En declaraciones al medio alemán Kath.net, el ex prefecto de la Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe, ha asegurado que «lo que se le está haciendo al obispo…
We do not know if the decade between the beginning of 2013 and the end of 2023 will be remembered as among the most intense of the twenty-first century, but they have certainly been the most unpredictable of our lives. The decade, in fact, opened with a bombshell — the resignation of Benedict XVI on…
By Robert Royal Divine Providence is an easy idea to grasp, a hard one to understand. Anyone who believes in a Creator who not only made the world, but loves and continues to be active in it (many religions, by the way, do not) must also accept that He, somehow, draws good even out of…
By José Antonio Ureta In recent weeks, Pope Francis has repeated that critics of the new developments he is introducing into the Church are victims of “ideology.” In his view, this is because they refuse to embody Catholic doctrine into the vicissitudes of the daily lives of the baptized and their fellow countrymen. In his…
By Robert Royal In the past week or so, the pope has: praised “that great imperial Russia” for its noble culture and humanity (a remark later admitted to be “badly phrased”); lauded Genghis Khan’s blood-soaked empire for its religious tolerance and “pax mongolica” (40 million killed, give or take); encouraged Chinese Christians to be good…
Por Roberto de Mattei Hace ciento veinte años, el 4 de agosto de 1903, dio comienzo el pontificado de uno de los más grandes santos de la época moderna. Pío X, cuyo nombre era Giusseppe Melchiorre Sarto, nació en Riese, pequeña localidad del Véneto, el 2 de junio de 1835. Antes de ascender al solio…
By Roberto de Mattei As summer draws to an end, Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality is imminent amid general indifference, despite the grave consequences that it could have. And not even the dramatic and symbolic death of Putin’s latest victim, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has reawakened the attention of European public opinion to the grave problems that…
By Daniel Hannan Imagine looking at Russia and seeing not a blood-soaked tyranny, but an ally. Imagine thinking of Vladimir Putin not as a villain, but as a role model. Imagine being so marinated in anti-Western sentiment that, when Russia breaks a treaty to invade a nation it had promised to defend, you convince yourself…
