Essay
Augustine and defaulting shepherds
For two weeks every year, the Church ponders St. Augustine’s lengthy sermon On Pastors in the Liturgy of the Hours. It cannot make easy reading [...]
Augustine and defaulting shepherds
Essay
For two weeks every year, the Church ponders St. Augustine’s lengthy sermon On Pastors in the Liturgy of the Hours. It cannot make easy reading for those charged with the cura animarum, the “care of [...]
A Tale of Two Bishops
Features
Editor’s note: This CWR editorial was posted originally on February 9, 2015, not long after Blase Cupich was named Archbishop of Chicago after some time spent as bishop of Spokane, WA. It is reposted here [...]
Columns
The 1531 Project: A distinct and Catholic view of American history
Henry Ford once declared, “History is Bunk.” Personal preferences aside, Ford’s blunt dismissal of the past reflects a still-dominant bias toward the future deeply rooted in America’s self-understanding as a nation of progress. A steep [...]
Features
The Scandalous Case of Cardinal Cupich and Senator Durbin
Last week, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced that it will be honoring Senator Durbin with a lifetime achievement award. Senator Durbin is a long-time Democratic United States Senator from Illinois who served in leadership for [...]
Features
The challenge of being Catholic in the world’s largest Muslim country
Indonesia stays somewhat under the international radar, considering it has the world’s fourth-largest population and the largest of any Muslim-majority nation. About 87% of its people adhere to Islam (over 240 million), but one-tenth of [...]
Essay
Contemplative Prayer and Hope for America
In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, how do we answer the violence that grips America’s public square? This latest social horror is part of a disturbing pattern of other assassinations, massacres, and [...]
Features
Will Charlie Kirk’s death help galvanize the pro-life movement?
I looked up from my work to see a text from one of my son’s schoolmates: “Hi Mrs. Seeley, a couple of us have decided to go to the clinic and pray today just because [...]
Analysis
Western Civilization under Attack: Part Two
Western civilization, Islam, and secular elites formed the triangle that I began to develop in the first installment of this alarum. My thesis is that this precious thing, Western civilization, to which we all owe [...]
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Henry Ford once declared, “History is Bunk.” Personal preferences aside, Ford’s blunt dismissal of the past reflects a still-dominant bias toward the future deeply rooted in America’s self-understanding as a nation of progress. A steep [...] -
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There are no first, second or third-class Catholics, no.… Please, let us get used to listening to each other, to talking, not cutting our heads off for a word. To listen, to discuss in a [...] -
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Francisco:
This serious deadly trend continues in other parts of Africa. At least 64 people have been killed many hacked to…
Controse:
This love thy enemy advice can only go so far if one takes self preservation among the living seriously. It…
