“A theological family.” This is how Fr. Stephan Horn, Salvatorian, describes the circle of former students of Joseph Ratzinger. Fr. Horn served as academic assistant to Joseph Ratzinger in Regensburg from 1971 to 1997, and today he is the secretary of the Ratzinger Schuelerkreis, which gathers once a year since 1978. In an [...]

Pope Francis’ pontificate in a nutshell can be found in a 2013 letter of the Franciscan Friar, Berislao Ostojic, who until 2013 was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s confessor. The letter was sent to the Franciscan brother, Mario Marcos, sometime after Pope Francis’ election, and came to light again – thanks to the website [...]

The “noise” Pope Francis wanted people to make (hacer lìo, make noise, is one of his favourite expressions) is bearing its fruits. The debate surrounding the upcoming Synod of Bishops is on, and it could not be any different than it is. There is a certain anxiety on each side: among those who [...]

“The doctrine on marriage is not at stake; the family, as an irreplaceable resource of every human society, is.” Fr. Giampaolo Salvini, a former director of La Civiltà Cattolica, stated this in an article he wrote summarizing the working document (“instrumentum laboris”) of the upcoming Synod. The article is the last in [...]