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‘A powerful heavenly friend and intercessor’: Bishop Barron reflects on Fulton Sheen

ST. LOUIS — Families with young children, religious sisters and brothers, and pilgrims who had traveled to St. Louis filled the Cathedral Basilica of St. [...]
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Bishop baptized by Fulton Sheen reflects on his legacy ahead of beatification

In “The Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and the Mission of the Catholic Church in the 21st Century,” Bishop John O. Barres reflected on Sheen’s life and teachings. […]
Essay

Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) was famous during his lifetime. He wasn’t a brilliant theologian, an innovative religious founder, a martyr, a bishop, a cardinal, [...]
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The Dead End of the Partisan Church

Route 132 along the north shore of Québec’s Gaspé Peninsula offers one of the most scenic vistas in North America. To one’s left, the extraordinary [...]
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Director of Misereor describes crises, courage, and faith South Sudan

South Sudan is frequently defined by international headlines about conflict, displacement, and hunger. These crises have displaced over 2 million people within South Sudan itself, [...]

Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

Essay

Dawn Beutner September 23, 2026 6

Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) was famous during his lifetime. He wasn’t a brilliant theologian, an innovative religious founder, a martyr, a bishop, a cardinal, or a pope. He was a Capuchin Franciscan friar who [...]

How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

Essay

Dr. Gregory Slysz September 22, 2026 16

There is no shortage of recent literature across the political spectrum warning of the profound cultural crisis confronting the West and the erosion of the moral assumptions that once bound society together. Douglas Murray writes [...]

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History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph.D. September 21, 2026 44

In four recent articles, Phyllis Zagano has renewed her long-standing argument for admitting women to the ordained diaconate. Writing in America, The Tablet, Religion News Service, and Commonweal, she presses a consistent claim: the historical [...]

Books

Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Casey Chalk September 20, 2026 2

When my family lived in Panama, we had both garbage and recycling collection. The running joke was that the “recycling” was a charade, and that the trucks were taking everything to the same landfill—only about [...]

Books

Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

Monica Seeley September 19, 2026 36

Noelle Mering’s new book, titled No Contact: How a Seductive Ideology Broke Families and Friendships and How We Can Repair Them, looks at the distressing rise of family estrangement. It’s a phenomenon the author compares [...]

Essay

The Evangelization Power of Rome

Jayd Henricks September 18, 2026 17

In centuries past, the great missionaries of the Church—many now canonized saints—traveled to the far ends of the earth to bring Christ to those the Church once called pagans. The dangers were not exaggerated. Months [...]

Books

Light after an eclipse: An interview with attorney and translator Andrew Greenwell

Matthew Balan September 17, 2026 6

The Carthusians are all but unknown—both inside and outside the Catholic Church—and they likely want to keep it that way. If anyone has heard of these sons of St. Bruno (their founder), it’s through Chartruese, [...]

Essay

A Bishop Who Leads

Austin Ruse September 16, 2026 30

Virginia voters are being asked to support two changes in the state constitution. Both are on the far frontier of the sexual revolution. And Bishop Michael Francis Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington is leading [...]

9/11 Revisited

James V. Schall, S.J. September 11, 2026 37

Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, [...]
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

Larry Chapp September 2, 2026 16
Putting Down Roots: Care for Creation Begins Close to Home

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. August 31, 2026 50

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 22

“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 132

‘A powerful heavenly friend and intercessor’: Bishop Barron reflects on Fulton Sheen

Bishop baptized by Fulton Sheen reflects on his legacy ahead of beatification

Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

The Dead End of the Partisan Church

Director of Misereor describes crises, courage, and faith South Sudan

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Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

The Evangelization Power of Rome

Light after an eclipse: An interview with attorney and translator Andrew Greenwell

A Bishop Who Leads

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Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

Light after an eclipse: An interview with attorney and translator Andrew Greenwell

Pursuing peace, addressing extremism in Nigeria: An interview with Fr. Atta Barkindo

Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

Light after an eclipse: An interview with attorney and translator Andrew Greenwell

Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Pursuing peace, addressing extremism in Nigeria: An interview with Fr. Atta Barkindo

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