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If I Were Created a Cardinal, by Michael Pakaluk – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing, May 7, 2026

Michael Pakaluk, an Aristotle scholar and Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, is Professor of Political Economy in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. He lives in Hyattsville, MD with his wife Catherine, also a professor at the Busch School, and their children. …

If I were created a Cardinal and dispensed from the canonical requirement to be ordained a deacon or priest – my vocation is as a layperson – this is how I would counsel the Holy Father on the first anniversary of his pontificate.

“Holy Father, the first thing you must do is correct Francis, because only the pope may aptly correct a pope. There is no need to judge his motives. But he often caused confusion and distress, and his attempts to unify often seemed rather to divide.

“In at least one matter, you must correct him clearly, deliberately, and self-consciously. I advise that you change the Catechism’s treatment of the death penalty back to where it was before. Francis’s insertion of ‘inadmissible’ was autocratic and unhelpful. ….

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By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing, May 7, 2026

If I were created a Cardinal and dispensed from the canonical requirement to be ordained a deacon or priest – my vocation is as a layperson – this is how I would counsel the Holy Father on the first anniversary of his pontificate.

“Holy Father, the first thing you must do is correct Francis, because only the pope may aptly correct a pope. There is no need to judge his motives. But he often caused confusion and distress, and his attempts to unify often seemed rather to divide.

“In at least one matter, you must correct him clearly, deliberately, and self-consciously. I advise that you change the Catechism’s treatment of the death penalty back to where it was before. Francis’s insertion of ‘inadmissible’ was autocratic and unhelpful. ….

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