Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy: Pope Francis and Schism Re-Visited

Note: I am in Rome today and our regular contributor Fr. Gerald Murray will be joining us here shortly for a bit of a new wrinkle for us at The Catholic Thing. As some of you are already aware, there’s a TCT App now available for download – for free. All you need to do is go to wherever you get apps and install it. You will be able to access daily columns there and also, as the Synod on Synodality begins later this week, a series of podcasts I’ll be producing with Fr. Murray, Diane Montagna, Raymond Arroyo, and others that will provide you with the very best in both news and analysis, in as timely a way as we can manage. You can find an introductory video about this podcast series here.

Today’s column is also something special. Four years ago, Fr. Weinandy wrote “Pope Francis and Schism” for us and pointed out that if the Synod endorses departures from Catholic dogma, Francis would be unique in history as both pope and a kind of anti-pope. It’s worth going back to read it in its entirety. And he has some observations today about what has happened since he raised a series of warnings. Read carefully.  It’s going to be an interesting time in the Church over the next four weeks – and beyond. – Robert Royal