Politics

By Catholic News Agency - Several theologians and a canon lawyer will also present at the upcoming seminars... Among the theologians is Dr. Kate Ward, a professor at Marquette University. From 2012-2015, Ward was a national board member of Call to Action, a group that has called for the ordination of women to the priesthood, expressed support for same-sex marriage, and said that the Church should re-evaluate its “position” on the use of artificial birth control.

By  Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews - In response to Vatican Bishop Marcelo Sorondo's claim that Communist China is among the "best" countries "implementing the social doctrine of the Church," Catholic author and analyst George W. Weigel… said that to try "to square" the totalitarian practices of China "with the social doctrine of the Catholic Church requires something approaching a psychotic detachment from reality."

By Fr. Benedict Kiely, National Review - Crises and scandals have gathered at the Vatican in the past month. This pontificate is spreading chaos and confusion... To the Vatican’s abandonment of Chinese Catholics and of the Church’s ancient teaching on marriage, add Pope Francis’s recent outrageous comments relating to sexual abuse of minors by priests....