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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.

Where the 20th century happened

This past August, while contemplating the beauties of the Ottawa River from the deck of my family’s cottage on Allumette Island, Father Raymond de...

G.K. Chesterton, genius

In a review quoted on the back cover of Ian Ker’s G.K. Chesterton: A Biography (Oxford), Susan Elkin suggests that Father Ker’s book “has...

A chapel of consequence

KRACOW—The chapel in the archbishop’s residence in Kracow—which everyone calls by its street name, “Franciszkanska 3”—has witnessed a lot of modern Church history. Here,...

Living inside the Bible

KRACOW, Poland—The village of Pasierbiec is in the south of Poland, about 30 miles from the old royal capital of Kracow. Its church, the...

On really not getting it

In the wake of late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s homicide convictions this past May, several state legislatures began crafting laws that would protect unborn life...

Why U.S. international religious freedom policy fails

In his June 13 testimony before the National Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform, Dr. Thomas Farr of Georgetown’s...

The evangelical reform of the Church

Hans Kung, out there on the far left fringes of Catholicism, has ideas about the reform of the Catholic Church; so does Bernard Fellay,...

A new approach to modern Catholic history

Criticism comes with the territory when you write books, and the best for which any author can hope is intelligent criticism that engages your...

Remembering Andrew Greeley

Let me begin by paying Father Andrew Greeley, who died this past May 29, a compliment he’d never have paid me, or indeed anyone...

Pastors are not interchangeable parts

A few weeks ago I came upon the odd fact that, before and during World War II, the Royal Navy built battleships with 14-inch...

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