The discord has become a stand-in for conflicts over the decline in Catholics’ participation in Mass, over the progressive orientation of Francis’s pontificate, and over Vatican II itself.
It’s painful and surreal to write these words: Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is being held by Russian authorities on espionage charges.
“I don’t see any real role that we could do other than mess things up, honestly,” Representative Tim Burchett, of Tennessee, said. “We gotta change people’s hearts.”