Julian Carron

Garvey: Francis fosters new look at Church authority and higher education
- Interviews
- July 10, 2017
John Garvey, President of the Catholic University of America, wants to take a new look at the famed “Land O’Lakes Statement” from 50 years ago, which amounted to a declaration of independence for Catholic universities from ecclesiastical control. He says that’s easier to do under Pope Francis, because his teaching is so interesting and relevant that universities more readily understand why it should be part of their conversations.
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Pope’s move in Milan confirms that a ‘Francis bishop’ doesn’t have to mean rupture
- Analysis
- July 7, 2017
By naming Cardinal Angelo Scola’s Vicar General and number two man as the new Archbishop of Milan on Friday, Pope Francis has indirectly confirmed that the “revolution” he’s unleashing in the Church is more about personality and pastoral style than doctrine, since 65-year-old Mario Enrico Delpini is a pastor who “carries the smell of his sheep” but not a sharp theological or political break with Scola.
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CL head sketches a Christianity beyond the culture wars
- Interviews
- June 22, 2017
Father Julián Carrón, leader of the Catholic movement Communion and Liberation, is in favor of de-emphasizing the wars of culture, not because the Church’s traditional positions are wrong, but because starting with ethics was always the wrong way to present Christianity to the world.
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‘If you don’t think Francis is the cure, you don’t grasp the disease,’ CL head says
- Interviews
- June 21, 2017
Although some Catholics, especially the more conservative sort, often find Pope Francis a bit of a shock to the system, the leader of the Church’s influential Communion and Liberation movement says that if you don’t think this pontiff is the cure, then you don’t understand the nature of the disease we’re facing in a post-modern, secular world.
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