Jeanie Hannaman

By Andreas Wailzer, LifeSiteNew - Heterodox Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) member Fr. Maurizio Chiodi has repeated his dissent on Catholic teaching, stating that “we have to rethink” traditional teaching on homosexuality and contraception. Chiodi, known for his heterodoxy regarding the Church’s teaching on sexuality, was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the PAV in 2017 and recently named a member of the Vatican study group on “Theological criteria and synodal methodologies for shared discernment of controversial doctrinal, pastoral, and ethical issues.”

By Carl R. Trueman, First Things - Many Catholics are disillusioned with their leaders, for example, but many Catholics at the ground level are also encouraged by them. Online noise may incline us all to think our churches are battlegrounds; but the petty rages of those who live their lives on X are largely irrelevant to the work of local churches. Faithful pastors and faithful congregants serving the needs of their local church communities and beyond may live hidden lives, but they make all the difference in the real world. Nobody of whom I am aware ever came to faith in Christ because of the rantings of the online unhinged. Many have been transformed through the random Christian kindness of strangers.