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Oct 2019

Hmmm: Vatican synod proposes married priests for the Amazon

Ed Morrissey Oct 28, 2019 10:01 AM

Limitations.

Mar 2017

Canadian bishops blast Trudeau for “cultural imperialism” in earmarking aid for abortion-rights activism

Ed Morrissey Mar 14, 2017 9:31 PM

“It is arrogant for powerful, wealthy nations to dictate what priorities developing countries should embrace.

Oct 2015

About that “Vatican fires gay priest” meme …

Ed Morrissey Oct 03, 2015 10:01 AM

Willful ignorance.

Nov 2014

Video: Pope Francis confirms September 2015 visit to US

Ed Morrissey Nov 17, 2014 1:31 PM

Family business.

Oct 2014

Sunday reflection: Matthew 22:15–21

Ed Morrissey Oct 19, 2014 10:01 AM

Traps.

Synod diary: Blessed endings and fractious beginnings

Ed Morrissey Oct 19, 2014 6:01 AM

Finalis.

Guest Editorial: God’s love must be shown in the Church’s treatment of homosexual persons

Dustin Siggins Oct 18, 2014 2:31 PM

Many voices

Cardinal Burke: I think I’m out; Update: “Who do you think?”

Ed Morrissey Oct 18, 2014 8:31 AM

Questions.

Synod diary: Home stretch, the German defense, and Where’s Waldo

Ed Morrissey Oct 17, 2014 1:21 PM

“Exclusion is not the language of the church.”

Cardinal Pell: Three-quarters of synod responses objected to draft relatio

Ed Morrissey Oct 17, 2014 8:41 AM

“We’re not giving in to the secular agenda.”

Synod diary: Circoli minori and the Vatican gardens; Update: English translation changed, modified language on gays

Ed Morrissey Oct 16, 2014 3:21 PM

“Respect for every human person does not mean respect for every human behavior.”

Synod diary: Audiences, ends, and beginnings

Ed Morrissey Oct 15, 2014 10:01 AM

Keep calm and synod on.

Synod diary: Projection, walkback, and the media

Ed Morrissey Oct 14, 2014 8:41 AM

“Damage control.”

Burke: Relatio demonstrates manipulation of Synod reporting

Ed Morrissey Oct 14, 2014 5:23 AM

The preliminaries.

“Seismic shift” at Synod?

Ed Morrissey Oct 13, 2014 6:51 PM

Pastorally, for the moment.

Synod diary: The Americans, the Swiss, and the end of round 1

Ed Morrissey Oct 10, 2014 2:41 PM

Next up: the small-group discussions.

Synod diary: Prayers with the Pope, an “animated and fraternal” debate, and the Eucharist

Ed Morrissey Oct 09, 2014 9:21 AM

Traditionalists up?

Video: Nigerian bishop blasts paternalistic aid orgs, nations at synod

Ed Morrissey Oct 08, 2014 7:01 PM

“They try to entice us, to threaten us, with money.”

Synod diary: Marriage preparation, the Green Bay Packers, and a stroll through St. Peter’s Basilica

Ed Morrissey Oct 08, 2014 4:43 AM

Reaching skyward.

Synod, day 2: Focus on language, approach, and practice, not doctrine, bishops insist

Ed Morrissey Oct 07, 2014 10:41 AM

“There is a law of graduality. There is no graduality to the law.”

Synod opening: Marriage, divorce, mercy, and justice

Ed Morrissey Oct 06, 2014 8:01 AM

Unity vs the “do-it-yourself ministry.”

Synod diary, day 2

Ed Morrissey Oct 06, 2014 3:19 AM

Double takes.

Synod Diary, day 1

Ed Morrissey Oct 04, 2014 7:01 PM

Adventure.

Sep 2014

Hot Air returns to the Vatican

Ed Morrissey Sep 29, 2014 8:41 PM

On the road again …

Cardinals clash over divorce, communion ahead of Vatican synod

Ed Morrissey Sep 19, 2014 10:41 AM

“I am not the target, the target is another.”

Vatican weddings a signal of “progressivism” at upcoming synod?

Ed Morrissey Sep 15, 2014 2:01 PM

Or just business as usual?

May 2014

Vatican “extraordinary synod” will open debate on family issues

Ed Morrissey May 01, 2014 2:41 PM

Are married priests on the Vatican’s agenda?