Showing posts with label Vatican II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vatican II. Show all posts
Friday, February 28, 2020

Shaun Blanchard on Jansenism, Pistoia, and Catholic Historiography

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It's always a delight to talk to new authors about their works, but in the hands of Shaun Blanchard we have a new book (some fuller thou...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Jansenism and Other Bogeymen

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I've sent some questions for an interview to Shaun Blanchard, author of the new and utterly fascinating book The Synod of Pistoia and Va...
Friday, September 20, 2019

Catholic Abuse, Trauma, and Cover-Up

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As someone who has recently written a book  about the Catholic sex abuse crisis, and the necessary structural reforms to move past it, and a...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

The Very Long History of Vatican II

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When a glut of books was published starting seven years ago to commemorate the opening and then each session of Vatican II, I began quickly ...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Stephen Bullivant on the Mass Exodus of Catholics: UPDATED

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I've been reading and enjoying the many insights in Stephen Bullivant's new book, Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain an...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Once More on Vatican II

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When, in the fall of 2012, the commemorative events on the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II began in such profusion, continuing...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Vatican II and the Christian East

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The indefatigable Matthew Levering, a good friend, prolific author, and great editor, e-mails all contributors last night to remind us that,...
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Vatican II and the Christian East

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It was a delight and privilege to be asked, about 18 months ago, by my friend Matthew Levering, to write the chapter on Vatican II and the C...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Will Cohen on Sister Churches

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I was delighted to see the appearance of my friend Will Cohen's new book,  The Concept of "Sister Churches" in Catholic-Orthod...