Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

For this US Bishop, Synodality Is Aimed at One Thing: Mission

Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, is interviewed by EWTN during its coverage of the Synod on Synodality Oct. 25 at the Vatican. If it can avoid getting ‘self-referentiality,’ Bishop Kevin Rhoades believes that the Church’s ongoing synodal process can contribute to the communion needed to evangelize the world.

Supreme Chutzpah

Supreme Chutzpah By Miles Doyle October 28, 2023 On May 4, 1969, Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas resigned following revelations that he had accepted $20,000 in payment from a foundation controlled by Louis E. Wolfson, a friend and former client then under federal investigation for violating securities laws. Though Fortas had previously returned the money […]

Becoming a Genius

Becoming a Genius By Burke Nixon October 28, 2023 In 1899, at the height of his fame, Anton Chekhov offered his elder brother Alexander some writing advice: “To have as few failures as possible in fiction writing, or in order not to be so sensitive to failures, you must write more, around one hundred or […]

We can’t subvert tradition to please the world, Synod on Synodality cardinal says

Cardinal Agostino Marchetto. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa ACI Digital, Oct 28, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Synod on Synodality convened by Pope Francis has once again brought to the fore the clash between internal currents of the Church in dispute since the Second Vatican Council. The accusations of manipulation in the name of […]