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The Once and Future Christendom, by Darrick Taylor – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The Once and Future Christendom, by Darrick Taylor

The Leaky Bucket, by Anthony Esolen

June 7, 2024

Report: Pope Benedict’s Former Secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein to Be Appointed Papal Nuncio, by Matthew McDonald

June 7, 2024

Die Kaiserkrönung Karls des Großen, Maximilianeum München. by 1903. Author Friedrich Kaulbach (1822–1903) wikidata:Q447981. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

By Darrick Taylor, Crisis Magazine, June 7, 2024

Darrick Taylor earned his PhD in History from the University of Kansas. He lives in Central Florida and teaches at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL. He also produces a podcast, Controversies in Church History, dealing with controversial episodes in the history of the Catholic Church.

Thinking clearly and asking ourselves hard questions about the future is the first step toward finding alternative ways of living the Faith that will outlast the current crisis the Church finds herself in.

The Church of Rome is beset by many serious problems at this hour, but one of its chief ailments is that it is badly governed, to put it mildly. We are living through one of those times in history where the “successors” of a previous generation of rulers have failed miserably on many fronts. It is not surprising that so many people have become nostalgic for earlier, more successful eras in the Church’s history, even if their vision of the past is skewed by romantic notions.

The Church is clearly in decline and its ability to influence society is weakening. This is not likely to change any time soon. That is, in my opinion, all the more reason to think about what should happen in the future, when the Church will (God willing) be governed by more capable men and, therefore, be more capable of fulfilling its mission—to spread the Gospel of Christ to the world. . …

The Once and Future Christendom, by Darrick Taylor

The Leaky Bucket, by Anthony Esolen

Report: Pope Benedict’s Former Secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein to Be Appointed Papal Nuncio, by Matthew McDonald

By Darrick Taylor, Crisis Magazine, June 7, 2024

Thinking clearly and asking ourselves hard questions about the future is the first step toward finding alternative ways of living the Faith that will outlast the current crisis the Church finds herself in.

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