Article The Pope & the Americans For radical traditionalists in the U.S., Donald Trump is the new Constantine—and Pope Francis is the equivalent of a barbarian invasion. By Massimo Faggioli September 30, 2023 Pope Francis Donald Trump Bishops Synodality
Article Scoring the Synod’s Working Document “In my opinion, Imbelli read the synodal working document as someone mistrusting Francis’s whole project.” By Peter Steinfels August 23, 2023 Pope Francis Religion Synodality
Article A Crucial Absence Is the Cross absent from the Synod on Synodality’s working document? Robert P. Imbelli responds to Peter Steinfels. By Robert P. Imbelli August 16, 2023 Religion Pope Francis Synodality
Article A Church with Room for Everyone World Youth Day in Lisbon—almost certainly Pope Francis’s last—was a school in solidarity and synodality. By Austen Ivereigh August 11, 2023 Pope Francis Religion Theology Synodality
Article False Fears about the Synod The Synod needs every bit of constructive help it can get. But mischaracterizing the Instrumentum is not helpful. Nor is raising the specter of Joachim of Fiore. By Peter Steinfels August 9, 2023 Synodality Pope Francis Theology
Article The Pope, the Curia, & the Theologians The unrequited love between academic theology and Pope Francis casts doubt on the success of synodality. By Massimo Faggioli August 8, 2023 Pope Francis Bishops Synodality