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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 13, 2026

‘Synodal Shepherds’ Attack the Sheep (The Catholic Thing): “What the Church has only recently become accustomed to is attacks upon her teaching coming from some [...]
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Chicago priest removed after ‘inappropriate conversations’ with children, women

Cardinal Blase Cupich said Father Jose Molina was accused of “improper communications” and was barred from ministering in Chicago. […]
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Reflections on St. Pope John Paul II’s “Letter to the Elderly”

May is Older Americans Month, a time to reflect upon the contributions and gifts of older Americans and to “reaffirm our commitment to serving” them. Thus, [...]
Essay

Natural Law and Evangelization

Recently, there has been a notable upsurge in adult conversions to the Catholic faith, even amidst a long-term decline in religious affiliation. Heartening as it [...]
Features

Polygamy remains a point of contention with the Church in many African nations

(CWR | Yaounde) Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Africa has reignited debate over the Church’s pastoral approach to polygamy. During an April 16, 2026, [...]

Natural Law and Evangelization

Essay

L. Joseph Hebert May 12, 2026 3

Recently, there has been a notable upsurge in adult conversions to the Catholic faith, even amidst a long-term decline in religious affiliation. Heartening as it is, this glimmer of hope raises a question for those [...]

Polygamy remains a point of contention with the Church in many African nations

Features

Ngala Killian Chimtom May 11, 2026 17

(CWR | Yaounde) Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Africa has reignited debate over the Church’s pastoral approach to polygamy. During an April 16, 2026, address at St. Joseph’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Bamenda, Fon Fru [...]

Analysis

Judge bans statues of St. Florian, Michael the Archangel from public safety building

Charles J. Russo May 10, 2026 32

There is controversy in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. These organizations sued the City of Quincy and [...]

Essay

My Last Pope (Probably): Part One of an Unusual and Very Catholic Travelogue

Amy Welborn May 9, 2026 19

A few days after Pope Francis died, I drove from Alabama to Wyoming. The ostensible reason for the journey was not to sit mobile shiva for the dead pontiff, but simply the delivery of my [...]

Essay

Unity has been the master theme of Pope Leo XIV’s first year

Matthew Becklo May 7, 2026 32

In the weeks leading up to the conclave that would elect Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, the New York Times published an article with the headline: “As Cardinals Prepare to Elect a Pope, One Motto Is ‘Unity.’ [...]

Features

Homosexuality and Authentic Freedom

Dr. Mark Lowery May 6, 2026 103

The tragic impasse that exists in our culture on the issue of homosexuality stems from two errors. […]

Features

Opinion: Speaking the truth about the Pope and politics

John Clark May 5, 2026 101

In 1938, Monsignor Fulton Sheen wrote, “There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the [...]

Essay

Catholic Education Needs Civic Formation

Thomas P. Harmon May 4, 2026 17

There is a movement afoot in American education to restore the teaching of civics in a way that presents America as lovable and worthy of its citizens’ service. The most prominent places to see this [...]

The SSPX is now on a clear and direct collision course with Rome

Larry Chapp April 28, 2026 151

The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), Fr. Davide Pagliarani, has recently given a lengthy interview in which he lays out his case for why the Society is justified in defying [...]
In gratitude for the Ordinariate

Larry Chapp April 8, 2026 57
How much emphasis on politics? And to what end?

James Kalb April 7, 2026 43

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 158

“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...]
The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 131
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151

Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Chicago priest removed after ‘inappropriate conversations’ with children, women

Reflections on St. Pope John Paul II’s “Letter to the Elderly”

Natural Law and Evangelization

Polygamy remains a point of contention with the Church in many African nations

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Natural Law and Evangelization

Polygamy remains a point of contention with the Church in many African nations

Judge bans statues of St. Florian, Michael the Archangel from public safety building

My Last Pope (Probably): Part One of an Unusual and Very Catholic Travelogue

Unity has been the master theme of Pope Leo XIV’s first year

Homosexuality and Authentic Freedom

Opinion: Speaking the truth about the Pope and politics

Catholic Education Needs Civic Formation

Columns

The SSPX is now on a clear and direct collision course with Rome

Editorial

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

Amid war and migration, Pope Leo XIV to bring message of religious freedom to North Africa

Disenchantment or Desecration? An interview with Carl R. Trueman

A new history of the unrecognized martyrs of the Christian militia orders

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

The Secure Bond Marriage Needs Today

Natural Law and Evangelization

My Last Pope (Probably): Part One of an Unusual and Very Catholic Travelogue

Unity has been the master theme of Pope Leo XIV’s first year

Polygamy remains a point of contention with the Church in many African nations

“As people of faith, we know a better world is possible,”: Groups plea for end of Sudanese crisis

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