Massimo Faggioli is professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University. His most recent book is The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II, co-edited with Catherine Clifford (Oxford UP). Follow him on Twitter @MassimoFaggioli.
Article Trump Distancers? This election cycle, Catholic conservatives don’t seem to be quite as enthusiastic about Trump as their white Evangelical counterparts. By Massimo Faggioli June 24, 2024 Bishops Donald Trump Religion
Article The ‘Spirit’ of Vatican II Conservatism? U.S. Catholics in different theological quarters need to stop viewing one another as holdovers of a previous era, unable ever to reconcile. By Massimo Faggioli May 29, 2024 Religion Politics Vatican II Pope Francis
Article Will Trumpism Spare Catholicism? "Just over six months out from the 2024 presidential election, it could be said that a 'Trump-Strickland' axis may be coming into existence." By Massimo Faggioli April 22, 2024 Donald Trump Religion Bishops
Article The German Synod & Francis’s Legacy When the next Pope is chosen, the main issue is likely to be the continuation of the Synod—or its reversal. By Massimo Faggioli March 11, 2024 Religion Synodality Pope Francis
Article The Summit on Abuse, Five Years Later Five years after Pope Francis’s summit on clerical sex abuse, has anything changed? By Massimo Faggioli February 18, 2024 Pope Francis Theology Sexual-abuse Crisis
Article Beyond ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ “Maybe Fiducia supplicans is Francis’s way of telling us that only the pope, not the Synod, is in charge.” By Massimo Faggioli January 11, 2024 Religion Pope Francis Bishops