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Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Jan 22, 20184 min read
Celebrate and support the sacred gift of life
Editor’s Note: This column is adapted from Archbishop Aquila’s remarks to the 2018 Celebrate Life March, which took place on January 13th...


George Weigel
Jan 17, 20183 min read
“Equilibrium” and ignominy
This past December 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the department of external relations of the Russian Orthodox...


Mary Beth Bonacci
Jan 12, 20184 min read
In the New Year, a little silence, please
Last year, I spent a raucous New Year’s Eve in San Francisco, celebrating with some of my oldest and dearest friends against the backdrop...


Jared Staudt
Jan 11, 20183 min read
A personal tour of Catholicism
In his monumental video series, Catholicism, Bishop Robert Barron took us on a guided tour of the major themes of the Catholic faith. He...


George Weigel
Jan 9, 20183 min read
Recompense for a serious mistake
I won’t venture into classical Roman literature, which is not my forte, but I will say with assurance that the greatest modern Latin pun...


Bishop Jorge Rodriguez
Jan 9, 20184 min read
‘What color is God’s skin…’
DENVER, CO - AUGUST 15: People gather to mark the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's visit to Denver, Colorado, for World Youth Day...


George Weigel
Jan 3, 20183 min read
Viva Cristo Rey!
In the 1920s, when the United States had a quasi-Stalinist regime on its southern border, “Viva Cristo Rey!” was the defiant battle cry...


George Weigel
Dec 27, 20173 min read
In Memoriam, 2017
This was a tough year for losing friends. At one point, I got so tired of writing obituary columns that I wrote a kind of pre-obituary so...


Jared Staudt
Dec 20, 20173 min read
Who were the Magi?
What comes to mind when you think of the wise men presented by the Gospel of Matthew? You might think of three figures, we refer to as...


Mary Beth Bonacci
Dec 20, 20173 min read
More than a sexual abuse crisis — it’s a mis-use crisis
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: Demonstrators participate in the #MeToo Su rvivors' March in response to several high-profile sexual...


George Weigel
Dec 19, 20173 min read
The crèche and the gap
For the past decade or so, I’ve been assembling a mid-sized Judean village of Fontanini crèche figures, including artisans, herders (with...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 19, 20173 min read
God’s gift of peace in uncertainty
We are shortly approaching two events that this year stand in contrast to one another – the birth of Jesus at Christmas and the end of...


Father Scott Bailey
Dec 19, 20173 min read
St. Joseph and the mysterious mix of joy and sorrow
The Dream of St. Joseph by Anton Raphael Mengs (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) When the gas light for my car came on, I...


Jared Staudt
Dec 14, 20173 min read
Navigating major cultural challenges
We’re navigating through a true rock and a hard place right now: moral relativism and the oversaturation of technology. In fact, they are...


George Weigel
Dec 12, 20173 min read
Books for Christmas
It’s been a good year for publishing – at least in the sense of a lot of good books getting published – so here are some for the readers...


Aaron Lambert
Dec 11, 20173 min read
Children in Mass are gifts, not distractions
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 13: The Consecration of the Archdiocese of Denver to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Cathedral Basilica of the...


George Weigel
Dec 6, 20173 min read
A meditation on “Maranatha”
Happy (real) new year: the beginning of a new year of grace, which began December 3 with the First Sunday of Advent. “The holidays” so...


Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 5, 20174 min read
Ending harassment requires more than laws
The ongoing wave of disclosures of sexual harassment across our country shows that while policies and laws are helpful, they do not solve...


George Weigel
Nov 28, 20173 min read
What’s changed since <em>Humanae Vitae</em>?
Throughout this academic year, Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University is hosting a series of lectures, billed as the “first...


George Weigel
Nov 22, 20173 min read
A museum for which to be thankful
On September 29, 1952, the publication of the complete Revised Standard Version of the Bible was celebrated at the National Guard Armory...
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