Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Archbishop Chaput on ‘Fiducia Supplicans’: ‘Deliberate or Persistent Ambiguity … Is Not of God’…

One of the standards the Church uses to measure the quality of her leaders is a simple line from Scripture: “God is not the author of confusion but of peace” (1 Cor. 14:33). So it was for Paul. So it is now. So it is for local pastors and bishops, including the bishop of Rome. Confusion among the faithful can often be a matter of innocent individuals who hear but fail to understand the Word. Confused teaching, however, is another matter…