Crisis in the Church
101 posts
Our nihilistic culture and the pointless gratuity of God's love: My latest in The Catholic World Report
My latest in Catholic World Report. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/11/19/on-our-need-for-sanctity-weirdness-and-wild-gratuity/
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My take on the Pope's recent remarks concerning a pluralism of religions. My latest in Catholic World Report
My latest in Catholic World Report: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/09/16/the-many-and-sometimes-puzzling-paths-of-pope-francis/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFVgt5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYmWwgHW6AjkmBYHpZvpPnb8uOmMhzaWibynrlQPypz2LHxgeCF5-DgSrA_aem_DY4C0crouiRRM9Mlk7Uwmg
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The politics of the universal call to holiness: My latest in the "What We Need Now" substack
My latest in the wonderful substack run by Jayd Henrichs. https://whatweneednow.substack.com/p/the-universal-call-to-holiness-as
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The Liberating Power of Truth: Outreach vs. Courage. My Latest in The National Catholic Register
My latest in The National Catholic Register. I offer it with a prayer for the repose of the soul of Fr. John Harvey, OSFS, the founder of Courage and a
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My response in Word on Fire to Heidi Schlumpf's risible attempt to "recover" Aquinas from the conservatives
I was asked by Word on Fire to pen a response to an article by Heidi Schlumpf. She claims conservative Catholics do not understand Aquinas and only like him because
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The "culture wars" and the hypocrisy of the Left: My latest in Catholic World Report
The so-called culture wars tend to be viewed as a purely conservative phenomenon. But this is wrong on several fronts. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/05/31/on-culture-
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True and False Democracy in the Church: My latest in the National Catholic Register
Democracy can be a very good thing. But it does not apply to everything. And it is also critical to understand what is meant by democracy in the first place.
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The false and slanderous narrative of Massimo Faggioli: My latest in Catholic World Report
Massimo Faggioli has penned a thoroughly awful essay in the venerable old journal Commonweal. It deserves a response and yet I have seen few. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/05/
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The Eclipse of Freedom in the Modern Church. My Latest in Catholic World Report
Linked is my latest in CWR. I am struck these days by the loss of our sense of the immense importance of our freedom. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/04/
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Dignitas Infinita: My Essay in The National Catholic Register
My latest in the Register. A short, but positive, appraisal of the new document from the DDF: "Infinite Dignity" https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/what-is-humanity-s-
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Cardinals McElroy and Hollerich and their revisionism: my latest in CWR
The recent comments of Cardinal McElroy at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress have been largely ignored. I thought they deserved a response. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/03/17/
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The Church after Pope Francis: My latest essay in "What we need now" on the topic of "Demos II"
Recently, a Cardinal of the Church, writing under the pseudonym "Demos II" penned an open letter to his brother Cardinals on the problems in the current papacy and
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True and false development of doctrine: My latest in The National Catholic Register
An important topic in these days of claimed doctrinal development from the very highest echelons of the Church. https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/chapp-doctrinal-development-vs-cultural-corruption
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Sanctity, Unbelief, and the Saint of the "In-Between": My Latest in CWR
Most of my faithful readers will recognize all of my favorite themes in the essay for CWR. https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/01/28/holiness-and-the-desperate-need-for-
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Moral theology "from below" and puncturing the "immanent frame": My latest in CWR
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2024/01/07/avoid-moral-theologies-from-below-and-puncture-the-immanent-frame/
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Whither Synodality in the age of Fiducia: My latest in the Register
This papacy rules via the autocratic path of issuing documents without broad epispocal consultation, even on topics of universal significance for the Church. That is not synodal. One then wonders
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Pope Francis and the battle for Vatican II: My latest in The Register
There was a much longer version of this, but it had to be edited down for publication purposes. The unedited version is posted below the Register link. https://www.ncregister.
Larry Chapp
Fiducia Supplicans: My Latest in Catholic World Report
A lot of people have been asking me for my take on the latest from Rome. Well, here it is! https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/12/19/the-ddfs-innovative-
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Larry Chapp and Kale Zelden discuss the significance of a demoralized Church
Another great conversation with Kale Zelden And here is the Podbean Podcast audio only version:
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A short version of my analysis of the new Motu Proprio: My latest in the Register
I am still working on an original blog essay on the topic of how to negotiate living the faith during a time of demoralization. Taking me longer than I thought
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The Bishop Strickland Affair: My Latest in Catholic World Report
I am on vacation until the 20th of November and for some reason my laptop has decided that it does not want to link to the CWR article that was
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The New Motu Prorpio on Theology: My Latest in CWR
My latest in CWR. The new Motu Proprio calls for a paradigm shift in doing theology. This seems like it is not a big deal. But it is. It is
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The illogic of the sedevacantists: My latest in Catholic World Report
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2023/09/13/on-the-illogic-and-insanity-of-sedevacantism/
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Veritatis Splendor at age 30. My latest in the Register
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/veritatis-splendor-at-30-unpacking-pope-st-john-paul-ii-s-profound-christological-vision
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