The Cardinal from Naples
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
July 18, 2026
One prophetic voice of our times is that of the Catholic Archbishop of Naples, Italy, who was placed in that position by Pope Francis and
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An Excommunicated Papal Nuncio & VP Religious Allegiance
Matthew Fox
August 7, 2024
Vice presidents are in the news currently while we are comparing Joe Biden’s Catholicism and that of VP hopeful JD Vance. Biden’s faith is born of
More Stories and Teachings from Teilhard de Chardin
Matthew Fox
June 5, 2024
One story that really rang a bell for me in the new film on Teilhard was this: The original buzz saw he ran into with
Destroying Institutions: Warnings from History
Matthew Fox
May 23, 2024
The Catholic Church is just one of many institutions that are diminishing before our eyes and being tempted to entertain simplistic ways out of their
My Up-Close and Personal Experience with Fascism
Matthew Fox
May 22, 2024
We are talking about cures for fascism. Fascism is born of fear and the compulsion to control. I have experienced Fascism up close and personal from that
A Church Protest by Myself and Jerry Mander in the New York Times
Matthew Fox
May 21, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, which I wrote on my Mother’s birthday, I shared a story about her response to my official silencing for a year by
More on Gay Catholics, Pope Francis, Science
Matthew Fox
December 21, 2023
Yesterday I spoke of the courage of Pope Francis in making the significant—albeit modest—step of allowing priests to bless gay couples (though not acknowledging gay
Pope Francis Blesses Gay Unions
Matthew Fox
December 20, 2023
Pope Francis has now signed off on Catholic priests blessing gay couples. It is a major step forward in recognizing that gay people exist and gay
Cardinal Burke, continued
Matthew Fox
December 8, 2023
Cardinal Burke, recently ejected from his 5000-square-foot rent-free luxury apartment in the Vatican by Pope Francis, is a friend of Steve Bannon and far-right wing
Week of 4/3 – 4/8/2023: Fallibility, Irony, Right Speech, Easter
Matthew Fox
April 9, 2023
April 3, 2023. Ending the Doctrine of Discovery, continuedMatthew speaks about how the bubonic plague caused Christians to doubt the innate goodness of creation. As
