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 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...

  le catholicisme américain et la boxe : des figures historiques au carrefour du ring et de l’église “L’Église dans le coin du ring : boxe et foi en Amérique” Summary From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, boxing was one of America’s most popular sports, and no community embraced it more passionately than American Catholics americamagazine.org . In an era when immigrant Catholic men often struggled for respect, the boxing ring became both a proving ground and a point of pride. Churches, parishes and Catholic organizations sponsored boxing clubs and tournaments, seeing in the sport a way to build character and keep kids out of trouble. Priests donned the trainer’s cap at local gyms, and even a few future champions like Sonny Liston learned the ropes under clerical guidance americamagazine.org . Catholic heroes of the ring – from Rocky Marciano to Gene Tunney – became ethnic icons, celebrated not just for their titles but for uplifting a community’s morale a...