The traditionalist society defied Pope Leo XIV’s personal plea by proceeding with the ordinations without papal approval, risking a fresh schism with the Vatican.
The question is not whether Leo XIV has spoken well. It is whether the institutional architecture exists for any temporal authority to answer, and whether any European institution has been authorised to ask the anthropological question the encyclical raises.
After winning praise for his remarks on migrants and solidarity, the pontiff’s defence of unborn life, the family, and parental rights sparked a very different reaction.
As hundreds of thousands gathered peacefully for Catholic festivities across Spain, scenes of violence in France reignited debate about identity, integration, and social cohesion in modern Europe.
Fresh revelations about a secret accord between the Archbishop of Madrid and the Socialist government have transformed what was already a bitter controversy into something approaching a canonical crisis.
