Fool Me Once… by Phil Lawler
Lepanto Institute Exposé Results in USCCB Cutting-Off Funding to Extremism Group, by Kevin Mathewson
December 1, 2023
Saint of the Day for December 1: Saint Charles de Foucauld
December 1, 2023
pope-burke. Synod.va:Facebook. Steve Jalsevac
By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, Nov 30, 2023
Like any journalist I hate to be beaten to a story, and this week Catholic World News (CWN) was late on a big one. Yet I have no regrets. If you’ll join me for a few minutes behind my editorial desk, I’ll explain why—and in the process, tell you something about CWN and about the Catholic world we cover.
Last Saturday, when I read the first report on La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana (found in English as the Daily Compass) that Pope Francis planned to strip Cardinal Raymond Burke of his salary and oust him from his Vatican apartment, I did not believe it. Would a Sovereign Pontiff really take such a vindictive action? My editorial instinct—the sensor that Hemingway talked about—warned me to proceed with extreme caution. So CWN did not mention the report in our headlines that day. ….
Related posts
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024
Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org.