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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on February 14, 2017.

eNewsletter Subject: From Vatican vexation to Tolkien's talent

I was disturbed yesterday to see the news that Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals had felt the need to give him a vote of confidence.

When that sort of thing happens, you know that trouble is brewing in a turbulent papacy. Today Phil Lawler explains: Unrest at the Vatican; reassurances backfire.

Late Friday, Phil also unmasked a wild conspiracy theory that speaks directly to ongoing problems. See Blame the messenger: in this case Cardinal Burke.

I received a good number of critical emails in response to my insistance last week that the question of the ordination of women was definitively closed. That's why I am following up today by enumerating Bad—I mean really bad—arguments for changing the Church.

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