The Synod on Synodality: a “Pandora’s box” with unforeseeable consequences
BY Roberto de Mattei
We do not know if the decade between the beginning of 2013 and the end of 2023 will be remembered…
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The coming civil war
BY Roberto de Mattei
As summer draws to an end, Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality is imminent amid general indifference, despite the grave consequences…
READ MOREWokeism and cancel culture: where are they taking us?
BY Roberto de Mattei
Since the time of the French Revolution, the destruction of historical memory has been part of the war unleashed against…
READ MOREComplexities and paradoxes in the history of the Church
BY Roberto de Mattei
The appointment of Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has a…
READ MOREThe prayer of the English people to St Peter
BY Roberto de Mattei
I was in England on 29 June, and I was greatly struck by the attachment that English Catholics still have…
READ MOREMeditating on the month of June
BY Roberto de Mattei
Just as the month of May is dedicated to Our Lady, that of June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred…
READ MOREAnglican service at the Lateran: a grave episode
BY Roberto de Mattei
I would like to comment on an episode that seems to me to be grave and significant. We learned of…
READ MORESaturday and the faith of Mary
BY Roberto de Mattei
In the Catholic Church, Saturday is a day consecrated from time immemorial to Mary. Why does the piety of the…
READ MOREGood Friday meditation on the Seven Last Words
BY a Dominican friar
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one…
READ MOREThe privileges of the month of March
BY Roberto de Mattei
Of all the months of the year, the month of March has special privileges. According to the Bollandist Fathers, it…
READ MORE“Synodalism”: the culmination of Pope Francis’s pontificate
BY Roberto de Mattei
After ten years of pontificate, the point of arrival of the Pope Francis’s reign seems to be the October 2023…
READ MOREHistorical considerations on the Moscow Patriarchate: part 4
BY Roberto de Mattei
Parts 1 and 2 of this series appeared in the Voice of the Family Digest on 22 February 2023. The Moscow…
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