Read and weep

Today, we mark St Robert Bellarmine’s feast with five of our favourite articles on his work—on heretical popes, on Church unity, on the myth of passive submission to error, and more.

Bellarmine is not optional. If the Mystical Body of Christ is real—if unity and faith are essential to the Church—then the implications are unavoidable.

And …

Leo XIV affirms Vatican II's Catholic-Jewish dialogue on Day 1?

According to the American Jewish Committee, 'Leo XIV' reaffirmed Vatican II’s Jewish dialogue on the very day of his election.

But is the published letter authentic?