The German synod expresses a different Catholic culture, one rooted in Vatican II, but without the qualms about the compatibility between modernity and faith.
The defense of ‘Traditionis custodes’ often relies on an oversimplified view of traditionalists, one that diverges from Pope Francis’s typical emphasis on dialogue.
Indifference toward the migrant crisis has lately become even more tinged with hostility to migrants themselves—and opposition to the right to migrate at all.