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The Church’s Doctrinal Watchdog Is Still on Patrol

Jim McIntosh
The 16th-century Palace of the Holy Office, located near St. Peter’s Basilica, is the seat of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

The appointment of a new prefect to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith with a ‘different’ mandate is not a repudiation of the importance of safeguarding the integrity of doctrine — not unless Pope Francis was repudiating himself.