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Pope Francis apologizes for mistakes of Catholics in meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens, Greece

Pope Francis speaks to His Beatitude Ieronymos II and other Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens Dec. 4. / Vatican Media

Athens, Greece, Dec 4, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis apologized for the ways Catholics have contributed to division with … […]
Essay

Whether there is a moral obligation to disobey the coercive mandates

Objection 1. It seems there is no such obligation, and can be none, for governments are charged with oversight of things pertaining to the common [...]
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Living between the first and final comings of Christ

Readings: • Bar 5:1-9 • Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 • Phil 1:4-6, 8-11 • Lk 3:1-6 “There are three distinct comings of the Lord [...]
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Interrogation tapes in Vatican finance trial leaked to media

A hearing in the Vatican finance trial on Nov. 17, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Dec 3, 2021 / 07:20 am (CNA).
Videotapes of interrogations with a key witness in the ongoing Vatican finance trial have been leaked to an Italian newspaper…. […]
Columns

The question of the sexes

Women find men puzzling, and men say they don’t understand women. So the relation between the sexes is evidently a part of human life in [...]

Whether there is a moral obligation to disobey the coercive mandates

Essay

Dr. Douglas Farrow December 3, 2021 22

Objection 1. It seems there is no such obligation, and can be none, for governments are charged with oversight of things pertaining to the common good in temporal affairs, and matters of public health, especially [...]

The question of the sexes

Columns

James Kalb December 2, 2021 4

Women find men puzzling, and men say they don’t understand women. So the relation between the sexes is evidently a part of human life in which clear understanding is hard to come by. Academic expertise [...]

Features

Dobbs v. Jackson: What did Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett say?

Catholic News Agency December 1, 2021 13

Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 13, 2020.

Denver Newsroom, Dec 1, 2021 / 17:22 pm (CNA).
By Jonah McKeownAs the wait begins for a decision in … […]

Books

The complicated story of Catholicism, religious tolerance, and early America

James Matthew Wilson November 30, 2021 8

For the Catholic Church, America has never been just a nation or a state. It constitutes rather a political and theological problem. That is as much the case now as it has ever been. The [...]

Features

Continued controversy over crucifixes in Italian classrooms

Paolo Fucili November 29, 2021 6

The crucifix has long been a central and most venerated Christian symbol, expressing a variety of beliefs and truths about the life, death, and Passion of Jesus Christ. Considering that it represents the torment and [...]

Columns

Arguing for God’s Existence: St. Thomas vs. St. Anselm, Part 1

Joseph G. Trabbic November 28, 2021 10

Among the most famous arguments for God’s existence is St. Anselm’s so-called “ontological argument” in the second chapter of his Proslogion. Anselm contends that God’s existence should be evident to anyone who carefully examines the [...]

Essay

Singing through Advent, again!

Peter M.J. Stravinskas November 27, 2021 2

A new year is aborning – a new church year, a new liturgical year. Which is important to note and to observe because, among other things, it stands as a powerful reminder that we believers [...]

Analysis

Alasdair MacIntyre on human dignity: Summary, analysis, and comments

Dr. Edward Feser November 26, 2021 6

Recently, Alasdair MacIntyre presented a talk on the theme “Human Dignity: A Puzzling and Possibly Dangerous Idea?” at the Fall Conference of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre [...]

The question of the sexes

James Kalb December 2, 2021 4

Women find men puzzling, and men say they don’t understand women. So the relation between the sexes is evidently a part of human life in which clear understanding is hard to come by. Academic expertise [...]
Arguing for God’s Existence: St. Thomas vs. St. Anselm, Part 1

Joseph G. Trabbic November 28, 2021 10
Protestantism, anti-Catholicism, and public education in the United States

Dr. Christopher Shannon November 23, 2021 15

Enough with the dis-graceful, politicized commentary on Communion

Carl E. Olson July 15, 2021 49

“In journalism,” wrote Venerable Fulton Sheen in 1955’s Thinking Life Through, “the modern man wants controversy, not truth.” I could say that examples abound, but that would assume a broad definition—to the point of non-definition—of [...]
Thank you, CWR readers! And a few points on Eucharistic incoherence

Carl E. Olson May 10, 2021 112
Who are we, really, as Americans?

Carl E. Olson January 6, 2021 126

Pope Francis apologizes for mistakes of Catholics in meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens, Greece

Whether there is a moral obligation to disobey the coercive mandates

Living between the first and final comings of Christ

Interrogation tapes in Vatican finance trial leaked to media

The question of the sexes

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Whether there is a moral obligation to disobey the coercive mandates

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