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George Weigel

George Weigel is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. His column is distributed by the Denver Catholic.

Lenten literary companions

The traditional Lenten practices of intensified prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are spiritual disciplines to be followed along the six-week pilgrimage from Ash Wednesday to...

Tohu wa-bohu on the Tiber

Within 24 hours last month, three mainstream Catholic websites ran stories describing Pope Francis’s meeting with the members and consultors of the Dicastery for...

Secularist blinders and the Middle East

When I first met Yigal Carmon in November 1988, he was counter-terrorism adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, a position he held under...

Standing with Ukraine

My friend and colleague Carl Trueman recently observed that “the West is no longer a consortium of serious cultures.” To which I am sorely...

Claudine Gay, Jimmy Lai, and the truth of things

To my mind, the most cringe-inducing moment in the drama of Claudine Gay and her resignation as president of Harvard University was not when...

“Contextual” theology and Fiducia Supplicans

In the apostolic letter Ad Theologiam Promovendam (To Promote Theology), issued by Pope Francis on Nov. 1, 2023, the Church was urged to do...

The MAD magazine caricature of U.S. Catholicism

One hesitates to begin the civil new year on a critical note, when hopes of a brighter future run high. But when reality is...

Praying for our country with John Carroll

John Carroll (1735-1815) was the first Catholic bishop, not just in, but of the United States, for during the first 18 years of his...

Christmas in a time of war

Composed in the wake of 9/11, "The Dream Isaiah Saw" quickly became a contemporary Christmas classic. The hymn’s powerful evocation of the peaceable kingdom...

German Catholicism: On the brink or at the cutting edge?

On November 10, a “Synodal Committee” created by the recently completed German “Synodal Way” met for the first time. The committee’s mandate is to...

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