Phil Lawler

Why has Pope Francis given the McCarrick-linked Cardinal Kevin Farrell so much power?

Cardinal Kevin Farrell should be disqualified from overseeing major changes to the Vatican's pension fund. Even if he did not know something about two major scandals around him years ago, it was only possible through remarkable naivete.

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Nov 25, 2024

The real reason Kamala Harris is skipping the Al Smith Dinner led by Cardinal Dolan

The reason given by Kamala Harris' campaign staff – that she needs to spend time campaigning in key 'battleground' states – can be quickly dismissed as unconvincing. Let's take a closer look.

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Sep 25, 2024Sep 25, 2024

The Vatican got almost everything wrong in its weak response to the Olympic blasphemy

The ceremony was not merely an offense against Christians; it was an offense against God. What the Vatican handled as a breach of good manners was in fact a deliberate blasphemy, a violation of God’s first commandment.

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Aug 7, 2024

Former Vatican auditor Libero Milone renews legal battle over wrongful dismissal

Former Vatican Auditor General Libero Milone was abruptly dismissed by the now disgraced Cardinal Becciu in 2017 after uncovering financial misconduct, but had his wrongful termination case tossed in January.

Analysis

Phil Lawler

• Jul 5, 2024Jul 8, 2024

Vatican’s homosexual ‘blessings’ document invites priests to fudge both doctrine and practice

The guidance permits blessings for same-sex couples but discourages wedding-like rituals and cautions against conveying the impression of endorsing unions... good luck with that.

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Dec 19, 2023Dec 19, 2023

Underpopulation is the coming global crisis no one is talking about

Right now the world’s population is at an all-time high, allowing the mythmakers to continue peddling fear about overpopulation. But the ominous trend is easy to spot, for anyone willing to see the signs of the times.

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Sep 8, 2022

Kansas’ disastrous abortion vote serves as a rallying call to dig in and keep fighting for the unborn

Too often the cautious rhetoric of the pro-life movement suggests that abortion is unnecessary, or unseemly, or unwise, or all of the above. We need to drive home the message that it is unconscionable: that in every 'successful' abortion, a baby dies.

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Aug 9, 2022Aug 9, 2022

It’s getting much more difficult to think that Pope Francis isn’t deliberately causing chaos

What exactly determines how a bishop is treated at the hands of the Pontiff?

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Jul 1, 2022Jul 1, 2022

Abp. Cordileone banned Nancy Pelosi from Communion for her own good. Other bishops can’t ignore the issue

If other bishops are not obligated by Church law to support Archbishop Cordileone, are they not obligated by logic and by pastoral necessity?

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• May 30, 2022May 30, 2022

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has alienated the country’s Orthodox community

Now even the Ukrainian Orthodox Community aligned with the Moscow Patriarchate has denounced Russian belligerence.

Opinion

Phil Lawler

• Feb 28, 2022

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Phil Lawler

Why has Pope Francis given the McCarrick-linked Cardinal Kevin Farrell so much power?

The real reason Kamala Harris is skipping the Al Smith Dinner led by Cardinal Dolan

The Vatican got almost everything wrong in its weak response to the Olympic blasphemy

Former Vatican auditor Libero Milone renews legal battle over wrongful dismissal

Vatican’s homosexual ‘blessings’ document invites priests to fudge both doctrine and practice

Underpopulation is the coming global crisis no one is talking about

Kansas’ disastrous abortion vote serves as a rallying call to dig in and keep fighting for the unborn

It’s getting much more difficult to think that Pope Francis isn’t deliberately causing chaos

Abp. Cordileone banned Nancy Pelosi from Communion for her own good. Other bishops can’t ignore the issue

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has alienated the country’s Orthodox community