In his Vicars of Christ: A History of the Popes (Arcadia: Tumblar House, 2014), 380-90, Charles Coulombe makes the following insightful obs...

In " Failure of the Executive Power " ( Super Fluma Babylonis ), the author assumes that at all times each pope (John XXIII, Paul ...

For the record, both from Maureen Mullarkey at First Things : " Of Sausages and Saints " (FT, May 19, 2014) and " Who Killed ...

THE “JOHANNINE TURN” WAS CARRIED OUT BY OTHERS Pope John XXIII through the Testimony of Silvio Cardinal Oddi By Beniamino Di Martino (T...

Following April 27's canonization doubleheader, George Weigel, " The Anglican Wannabe Fallacy " (First Things, May 21, 2014), ...

Maureen Mullarkey, " Tammany on the Tiber " (First Things, May 12, 2014): John XXIII once remarked that the Vatican was the har...

[Hat tip to G.M.]

Before the recent canonizations, we asked " Why are these canonizations being fast-tracked? " (Musings, April 23, 2014). Already ...

That, and the canonization of the Second Vatican Council. Interesting: Fr. Z, " Pope Francis' sermon for the canonization " ...

As we recently noted , Professor Roberto de Mattei has pointed out that when the Church canonizes one of the faithful, "it is not that ...

Is it "extreme" of me to ask that? While I never met Blessed John XXIII and don't know too much about him beyond the little I...

Brett M. Decker, " Pope puts Catholic rebirth at risk: Column " (USA Today, April 21, 2014): ... Few moves could so quickly undo [...