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Priest and nun recover sacred hosts from earthquake rubble in Colombia

Despite the danger of the earthquake’s aftershocks, a priest and nun in Colombia entered a chapel in search of the hosts that were kept in the tabernacle that they found destroyed. […]
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Islamist persecution, Christian survival, and encountering the Houthis in Yemen

I was idling in my room at the Arabia Felix, drinking Orange Fanta and eyeing geckos on the wall, when a message came from the [...]
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Indian Catholics released after 104 days in jail under anti-conversion law

The men, held since May on charges of conversion and attempted murder, walked out of jail after the Rajasthan High Court granted bail. […]
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“Lord, help me”: The startling humility of the Canaanite woman

On the Readings for Sunday, August 20, 2017 […]
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Clarifying primacy for Catholic-Orthodox dialogue

Last month, on July 13 to 15, I attended the 30th annual Orientale Lumen Conference at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, [...]

Islamist persecution, Christian survival, and encountering the Houthis in Yemen

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David Pinault August 17, 2026 8

I was idling in my room at the Arabia Felix, drinking Orange Fanta and eyeing geckos on the wall, when a message came from the lobby. I’d been granted the meeting I was hoping for [...]

Clarifying primacy for Catholic-Orthodox dialogue

Analysis

Ines Angeli Murzaku August 16, 2026 15

Last month, on July 13 to 15, I attended the 30th annual Orientale Lumen Conference at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. The conference’s theme was urgent: “Ecumenism at a Crossroad: [...]

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Faith over fear: The Church’s response to the escalating Ebola crisis in Congo

Ngala Killian Chimtom August 15, 2026 5

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is grappling with the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in its history. It’s already killed over 2,100 people out of more than 4,500 cases, according to government figures released August 11. [...]

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The Forgotten Virtue of Patriotism

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley August 14, 2026 41

As the United States commemorates the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of its founding, I have been reflecting on the virtue of patriotism. I want to share a few comments about why patriotism is one of [...]

Columns

Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?

James Kalb August 12, 2026 36

At least for me, Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical does little to resolve doubts about how Catholic social teaching should be interpreted and understood. But I should explain my doubts. In its modern form, social [...]

Analysis

The WNBA is the Reductio ad Absurdum of Trans Ideology

Kenneth Craycraft August 11, 2026 74

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has perhaps done more to demonstrate the absurdity of transgender ideology than any American public institution. And it has done so through its endorsement of that very ideology. Over the [...]

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Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe

Ngala Killian Chimtom August 10, 2026 10

While churches across Western Europe continue to close their doors, repurpose their buildings, or grapple with widespread apathy, Nigeria is experiencing a Catholic awakening that defies global trends. With an estimated 35 million Catholics and [...]

Essay

On Abortion Pills, Wastewater, and Public Trust

John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. August 9, 2026 53

One scandal of the COVID era was the alliance between government and some social media platforms to suppress doubt and dissent about the regime—especially compulsory vaccinations—to control the pandemic. A casualty has been the erosion [...]

Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?

James Kalb August 12, 2026 36

At least for me, Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical does little to resolve doubts about how Catholic social teaching should be interpreted and understood. But I should explain my doubts. In its modern form, social [...]
Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three

Larry Chapp July 31, 2026 32
Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Two

Larry Chapp July 17, 2026 25

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 20

“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...]
Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 180
The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 131

Priest and nun recover sacred hosts from earthquake rubble in Colombia

Islamist persecution, Christian survival, and encountering the Houthis in Yemen

Indian Catholics released after 104 days in jail under anti-conversion law

“Lord, help me”: The startling humility of the Canaanite woman

Clarifying primacy for Catholic-Orthodox dialogue

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