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Mary Beth Bonacci
Dec 21, 20234 min read
When difficult Christmases lead us into the beautiful
Photo by Erica Marsland Huynh on Unsplash You know how they say the first Christmas after the death of a loved one is the hardest? Well,...


George Weigel
Dec 20, 20233 min read
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...


Paul Winkler
Dec 15, 20234 min read
The Workplace as a School of Virtuous Leadership
(Photo: Adobe Stock) We are living in an apostolic age where increasingly more people are rejecting the tenets of Catholicism and the...


Jared Staudt
Dec 14, 20234 min read
The Eucharistic Gift of Christmas
(Photo: Adobe Stock, edited) Human beings get hungry. It’s part of our biological nature. But, as spiritual beings, we also feel a higher...


George Weigel
Dec 13, 20233 min read
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...


Brianna Heldt
Dec 7, 20234 min read
No Matter How Far We Fly, We Always Belong to Our Family
Photo by Omar Ram on Unsplash By Brianna Heldt/National Catholic Register The excitement in the house was palpable from the moment the...


George Weigel
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Books for Christmas 2023
Advent-2023 is as short as Advent can be, so this annual column on Christmas gift books that will inspire, entertain, inform, or all of...


Catholic Charities
Nov 30, 20234 min read
Is it really the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
Photo by S&B Vonlanthen on Unsplash By Dr. Michelle Connor Harris Executive Director, St. Raphael Counseling “It’s the Most Wonderful...


George Weigel
Nov 28, 20233 min read
When docs play deities
With the God of the Bible having largely disappeared from public consciousness in Great Britain, the closest thing to a replacement deity...


Jared Staudt
Nov 23, 20233 min read
The Battle Is Real: A Guide for Spiritual Warfare
For decades, we tried canceling the devil, refraining from talking much about him, or bothering much with him at all. Catholics thought...


George Weigel
Nov 22, 20233 min read
A “synodal reform” of the papal conclave?
As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 23, my Catholic fellow-citizens might take a moment to give thanks for a 120-year old...


Paul Winkler
Nov 17, 20234 min read
The Divided Life – A Fable
(Photo: Adobe Stock) The term “the divided life” isn’t one you hear used ever in the secular world. For most people, we have just one...


Mary Beth Bonacci
Nov 17, 20234 min read
Humility, happiness and St. Teresa of Avila
Photo by Nheyob via Wikicommons CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2014, I traveled with a group to Rome for the Canonization of St. John Paul II. One day...


George Weigel
Nov 15, 20233 min read
In support of Jimmy Lai
(Photo: VOA / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 0) As chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee is the principal...


Jared Staudt
Nov 9, 20234 min read
The gift of a father: How love leads to vocations
In the beginning is the Father. He is the source and goal of all life. From him flows communion through the gift of his entire life to...


George Weigel
Nov 8, 20233 min read
The grave sin of Jew-hatred
Shortly after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, I noted in this column and elsewhere that the entire episode — including the fouling...


George Weigel
Nov 1, 20233 min read
All Saints, All Souls, and Synod-2023
By their vocabulary, you shall know them? Well, to a considerable degree. And in these early November days, when the Church celebrates...


Paul Winkler
Oct 27, 20234 min read
Building the bridge between faith and business
(Photo: Adobe Stock) “ The Vocation of the Business Leader – A Reflection ” is a document that should be of great significance, primarily...


George Weigel
Oct 25, 20233 min read
The Synod on Synodality at the Halfway Point
The Synod on Synodality meeting this month is the first of a two-part synodal assembly; the second session is scheduled to meet a year...


Jared Staudt
Oct 19, 20234 min read
Pope Benedict XVI: The Doctor of the Church for Our Time
The word “doctor” means teacher, not healer, which is why we call certain saints “Doctors of the Church.” They are the great teachers who...
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