John Wijngaards, Christ’s Idea of Authority in the Church: Reflections on Reform. Wipf and Stock Publishers. 187 pp. $23 for pb. $10 for Amazon Kindle. John Wijngaards provides us with his pastoral reflections on the use and abuse of authority within the Catholic Church. He tells us, right from the start, that this is …
Month: December 2023
When is denying Communion blasphemy?
By David M. Knight | United States Published in La Croix International, 14 Aug 2020 Cardinal Burke and his allies have made many attempts to box Pope Francis into a corner by asking him whether the “doctrine” on denying Communion to divorced and remarried Catholics is still part of the unchanging Catholic teaching. Pope Francis …