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In the course of an insightful essay on Vladimir Putin’s challenge to civilization, Italian historian Roberto de Mattei, observed that,...

Dean Acheson, U.S. secretary of state from 1949 until 1953, is buried in Washington’s Oak Hill Cemetery. When I read recently that...

Two years ago, Russian forces attempted a Hitlerian blitzkrieg in Ukraine. According to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, its goal was to...

The traditional Lenten practices of intensified prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are spiritual disciplines to be followed along the...

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

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

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

(Photo: Ingfbruno, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0) To my mind, the most cringe-inducing moment in the drama of Claudine Gay and her resignation...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

With the God of the Bible having largely disappeared from public consciousness in Great Britain, the closest thing to a replacement deity...

As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 23, my Catholic fellow-citizens might take a moment to give thanks for a 120-year old...

(Photo: VOA / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 0) As chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee is the principal...

Shortly after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, I noted in this column and elsewhere that the entire episode — including the fouling...

By their vocabulary, you shall know them? Well, to a considerable degree. And in these early November days, when the Church celebrates...

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...