Matthew Walther

On the child pornographer in the Vatican diplomatic corps.

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Asked to respond to the news that a priest who served a cool five years in prison for possession and distribution of child pornography [Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella} has been quietly working in the Vatican diplomatic corps since 2023—or at any rate to respond with something resembling the equanimity for which I am well known—I … Read more

Why Does Anyone Go to Mass?

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Cardinal Dolan is, to my mind, the American bishop par excellence, one of the few modern churchmen whose uncomplicated grandfatherly piety and Falstaffian joie de vivre can be effortlessly projected backward into any era of ecclesiastical history. One can imagine a Dolan standing shoulder to shoulder with the huddled Irish masses alongside “Dagger John,” a … Read more