Cardinal Carlo Caffarra Archives

‘Humanae Vitae’ scholar is new vice president of JPII institute

Nov 2, 2019

Msgr. Gilfredo Marengo, a theologian who led important research on the drafting of St. Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae, has been appointed vice president of Rome’s Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.

By Carol Glatz

US cardinal, critic of pope, still waiting for answers

Sep 6, 2018

One of Pope Francis’s leading critics said Thursday he was “deeply shaken” by accusations of a sex abuse cover-up against the pontiff and wants an investigation, but is still pressing Francis to respond to an earlier set of questions about his views on marriage.

By Nicole Winfield

Can summit derail ‘just don’t look’ strategy on ‘Amoris’ critics?

Apr 8, 2018

At a major Rome summit on Saturday, leaders of the opposition to Pope Francis’s document “Amoris Laetitia” insisted “we cannot be ignored,” but it’s not clear they jarred Pope Francis out of his “Just don’t look!” strategy.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Cardinal Carlo Caffara and the perennial genius of Catholicism

Sep 7, 2017

Although some accounts have framed the Sept. 6 death of Italian Cardinal Carlo Caffarra almost entirely in terms of his final act as one of the “dubia cardinals” challenging Pope Francis’s document “Amoris Laetita,” he was a much bigger figure than that, and he illustrated Catholicism’s perennial genius for embracing strong and divergent views on important questions all at once.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Cardinal Caffarra, outspoken defender of marriage, family, dead at 79

Sep 6, 2017

Italian Cardinal Carlo Caffarra has died at the age of 79. He was one of the four ‘dubia cardinals’ who asked Pope Francis to clarify his position on communion for the divorced-and-remarried after the release of the his apostolic exortation ‘Amoris Laetitia.’

By Junno Arocho Esteves

As recent guidelines show, ‘Amoris’ argument is far from over

Jan 18, 2017

The fact that guidelines from bishops for the pastoral application of chapter 8 of Pope Francis’s ‘Amoris Laetitia’ present opposite interpretations on the issue of access to the sacraments for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics confirms one truth: the argument is not yet settled.

By Inés San Martín