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George Weigel
Aug 23, 20223 min read
Wars and choices
One of the more irritating tropes of this age in which sloganeering has replaced argumentation is the alleged distinction between “wars...


Mary Beth Bonacci
Aug 19, 20225 min read
The Sacred Heart of Jesus burns for you
Photo by Gera Juarez | Cathopic When I was a kid, my parents had a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus prominently displayed on their...


George Weigel
Aug 17, 20223 min read
“Matthew 25 Catholics”?
Barring a startling lurch to starboard in the Empire State, Kathy Hochul, who as lieutenant governor succeeded the unlamented Andrew...


Jared Staudt
Aug 10, 20224 min read
Rebuilding in the Heartland
It’s amazing what happens in what many people call “flyover” country, where many Catholics quietly are going about the work of rebuilding...


George Weigel
Aug 9, 20223 min read
On the ever-accelerating passage of time
In one of his Blackford Oakes novels, William F. Buckley, Jr. had a character crack a Wagnerian joke along these lines: What is Siegfried...


George Weigel
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Elizabeth Warren, woke totalitarian
The subject-line on the email was, shall we say, striking: “Crone swoops with talons toward younger women with babies.” The predatory...


George Weigel
Jul 27, 20223 min read
Another assault on John Paul II
On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II had lunch in the papal apartment with Dr. Jerome Lejeune, the renowned French pediatrician and...


Mary Beth Bonacci
Jul 21, 20225 min read
The clash of the post-Roe worldviews
Hundreds of pro-abortion demonstrators tried to block a monthly pro-life march and prayer vigil at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic...


Jared Staudt
Jul 20, 20224 min read
Heaven on Earth: Liturgical Wisdom from Eastern Christianity
It is easy to forget that the Catholic Church is composed of 24 self-governing Churches with distinct liturgical rites. We lose sight of...


George Weigel
Jul 19, 20223 min read
The irrepressible, irreplaceable Midge Decter
About two-thirds of the way through that fine 1992 film, A League of Their Own , star catcher Dottie Hinson has had enough of the grind...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Jul 15, 20224 min read
The Future of the Pro-life Movement in Colorado
Just as the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973 was a turning point for how our country treats innocent and vulnerable children in the womb, the...


George Weigel
Jul 12, 20223 min read
The War of the Conciliar Succession, continued
While I’ve never been able to remember the details of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the War of the Austrian...


Jared Staudt
Jul 7, 20224 min read
What Does it Mean to Reject Vatican II?
Pope Francis has repeatedly called attention to what he views as a growing rejection of the Second Vatican Council. Speaking to editors...


George Weigel
Jul 5, 20223 min read
The lessons of Russian warmaking
CRACOW. Four and a half months after Russia invaded Ukraine on the Orwellian pretext of displacing a “Nazi” regime — a regime that enjoys...


George Weigel
Jun 29, 20223 min read
Dobbs and the vindication of American democracy
Prior to June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important civil rights decision was handed down on May 17, 1954. Then, in Brown v....


Jared Staudt
Jun 23, 20227 min read
‘What is truth?’: Catholic responses to pro-choice objections
“What is truth?” (Jn 18:28). Pilate speaks for many today, even as Truth itself stood before him. We as Catholics have accepted a basic...


George Weigel
Jun 21, 20223 min read
Recycling the same old same old
In December 2021 and May 2022, I had the pleasure of teaching a mini-course in Rome, exploring the life and thought of St. John Paul II....


Lynn Grandon
Jun 21, 20223 min read
It’s a wonderful life, Coloradans
(Photo by Cari Devlin | Denver Catholic) It was heartbreaking to observe the behavior and paradoxical statements made for hours on end at...


Mary Beth Bonacci
Jun 16, 20224 min read
Actually, Whoopi, that is his job
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone at the altar during Mass in 2021. (Photo by Dennis Callahan/Archdiocese of San Francisco) What would...


George Weigel
Jun 14, 20223 min read
Demythologizing conclaves
Pope Francis’s recent announcement that he will create 21 new cardinals on August 27, 16 of whom would vote in a conclave held after that...
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