La tentation américaine d’une Église indépendante
La tentation américaine d’une Église indépendante English Summary The Colorado schism discloses a perennial American temptation: a Catholicism shaped more by autonomy than by communion. Born within a culture of liberty, conscience, and suspicion toward centralized authority, American Catholicism has repeatedly flirted with ecclesial self-sufficiency. In the Colorado case, fidelity to “Tradition” became the justification for rejecting Roman authority, revealing a paradox: in seeking to preserve Catholic identity, schismatic movements reproduce a profoundly Protestant logic. Catholicity, however, is not national, elective, or optional. It is Roman by constitution, universal by vocation, and wounded whenever unity is replaced by self-authorization Contexte du schisme de Colorado Springs Fin novembre 2025, au Colorado Springs, le père Anthony D. Ward – fondateur des Serviteurs de la Sainte Famille – a surpris sa congrégation en révélant qu’il avait été secrètement co...