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Palm Sunday and the spiritual logic for Francis’s sound of silence
- Apr 20, 2019
On Palm Sunday, Pope Francis came as close as he ever may to explaining the spiritual logic for his refusal to engage his critics.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Theologian: ‘Huge dose of hypocrisy’ behind objections to ‘Amoris Laetitia’
- Oct 26, 2018
When British author Stephen Walford released a book in August defending the pope’s 2016 apostolic exhortation ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ he scored what few Catholic authors could only dream of: A personal preface by Pope Francis himself.

By Christopher White
Benedict XVI hits back at critics in leaked letters
- Sep 20, 2018
In a series of letters leaked to the press, retired Pope Benedict XVI chastised a German cardinal for criticizing his decision to resign from the papacy, saying an understandable pain as a result of the move has turned into “anger” against him, and has devalued his papacy.

By Elise Harris

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
On contraception, church must continue to defend life, cardinal says
- Oct 30, 2017
German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, former president of the Pontifical Commission for Historical Sciences, and one of four cardinals who formally asked Pope Francis to clarify his teaching on Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried, said Blessed Pope Paul VI’s ‘Humanae Vitae’ proves that ultimately, it is the Holy Spirit that “ensures that the faith of the church develops in the course of time” while remaining faithful to Christ’s teachings.

By Junno Arocho Esteves
Retired Texas bishop signs “filial correction” of Pope Francis
- Sep 26, 2017
A nonagenarian retired Texas bishop has added his name to a “filial correction” of Pope Francis submitted to the pontiff last month. The signatories have accused the pope of promoting heretical propositions in ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ his document on marriage. Bishop René Henry Gracida, Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, says if Francis doesn’t respond to the petition, he would like to see the pope resign.

By Charles Collins