Jeanie Hannaman

By Eric Sammons, Editor, Crisis Magazine - The role of the papacy in the minds of too many Catholics has morphed from being the center of Church unity to the source of Church teaching... If you read the Catechism of the Catholic Church from front to back, you’ll note that at least 98% of the content has nothing to do with the papacy. Creation, Original Sin, the Incarnation, hypostatic union, the Resurrection, moral commands against killing and lying, the inspiration of Scripture, sacramental grace, the all-male priesthood: none reference the pope.

By Jayd Henricks, First Things - (recently) Cardinal Pierre claimed, “...We are in the church at a change of epoch. People don’t understand it. And this may be the reason why most of the young priests today dream about wearing the cassock and celebrating Mass in the traditional [pre-Vatican II] way.”... The claim that most young priests are enthusiastic about the cassock is also plainly false; it is the exception, not the lived experience of the typical young priest. It is odd to focus on this when there are more pressing concerns facing the Church (like the clericalism that still protects predator priests or expensive meetings that deplete limited Church resources, to name just two).