Ross Douthat And The Catholic Academy
By THE MOST REV. ROBERT BARRON (Editor’s Note: Bishop Robert Barron is an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. This article was published by ZENIT News Agency and posted on ZENIT’s website on October 29. All rights reserved. (Bishop Barron is responding to a letter some members of the Catholic academy wrote to the New York Times, objecting to columnist Ross Douthat’s writings on the recent Synod of Bishops. Douthat has argued that Pope Francis sides with the liberal resolution of some of the key controversies within that Synod. (The academics complained, in part, that Douthat lacked the “professional qualifications” to be commenting on such matters — that is,…Continue Reading