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“Everything we do in our homes will echo in the halls of God’s own home, forever.”

John A. Cuddeback, Ph.D., has been a professor of philosophy at Christendom College for thirty years. He lectures and writes on how to live the [...]
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Bishop Burbidge approves FSSP Latin Mass chaplaincy in Arlington, Virginia diocese

The chaplaincy is being formed to help serve those attached to the Traditional Latin Mass, but does not change any policies, according to the diocese. […]
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Who is usually to blame for parish closings?

Whenever a diocese announces a round of significant parish closings, I see a number of Catholics online making commentary about the current bishop. However, it [...]
Books

New collection of Augusto Del Noce essays explain dynamics of Marxism, Fascism

The Suicide of the Revolution is the newest installment of Carlo Lancellotti’s project of translating and editing the works of Augusto Del Noce into English, published [...]
Features

Celebrating Islam in an Archdiocese of Decline

On the evening of June 6th—the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger joined Rep. Rashida [...]

New collection of Augusto Del Noce essays explain dynamics of Marxism, Fascism

Books

Dr. Thomas R. Rourke June 22, 2026 2

The Suicide of the Revolution is the newest installment of Carlo Lancellotti’s project of translating and editing the works of Augusto Del Noce into English, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in Montreal.1 It is an attempt [...]

Celebrating Islam in an Archdiocese of Decline

Features

Timothy D. Lusch June 21, 2026 100

On the evening of June 6th—the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger joined Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Imam Fadhel Al-Sahlani (representative of the Shia Grand Ayatollah [...]

Essay

The Confessions of Monsignor Paglia and the Crossroads for Moral Catholic Theology

Monsignor Livio Melina June 19, 2026 47

In an interview granted to Settimana News on May 21, 2026, Bishop Vincenzo Paglia claimed a decisive role in the dissolution of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and its replacement [...]

Columns

The challenge of applying Catholic social teaching

James Kalb June 18, 2026 23

Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...]

Features

AI Humans and the Real Limits of Machines

Dr. Randall B. Smith June 17, 2026 12

I read recently in The Atlantic Monthly that artificial intelligence firms are hiring and paying big salaries to philosophers to help them think through the issues facing the developers of AI. They can send me a check, [...]

Essay

The SSPX leadership against Scripture and Tradition

George Weigel June 17, 2026 173

The Holy See has declared that, if the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) proceeds with the ordination of bishops in July without a papal mandate, those involved in these illicit ordinations are automatically (latae sententiae) excommunicated — [...]

Books

Second volume of Justice Scalia biography portrays a unique “founder”

Austin Ruse June 16, 2026 2

The founding of America was not a single event. It was a process that began long before the documents that broke us away from Great Britain and the documents that established our government. Long before [...]

Analysis

Consequential Consistorial Connections

George Weigel June 15, 2026 27

Several topics will be discussed at the consistory of cardinals called by Pope Leo XIV for June 26-29: the international situation and its effects on local Churches; key themes in the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas; the [...]

The challenge of applying Catholic social teaching

James Kalb June 18, 2026 23

Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...]
Catholic morality and social concerns

James Kalb June 2, 2026 50
Why I think Magnifica Humanitas is a pointed and prophetic gut punch

Larry Chapp May 27, 2026 80

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 176

“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

“Everything we do in our homes will echo in the halls of God’s own home, forever.”

Bishop Burbidge approves FSSP Latin Mass chaplaincy in Arlington, Virginia diocese

Who is usually to blame for parish closings?

New collection of Augusto Del Noce essays explain dynamics of Marxism, Fascism

Celebrating Islam in an Archdiocese of Decline

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New collection of Augusto Del Noce essays explain dynamics of Marxism, Fascism

Celebrating Islam in an Archdiocese of Decline

The Confessions of Monsignor Paglia and the Crossroads for Moral Catholic Theology

The challenge of applying Catholic social teaching

AI Humans and the Real Limits of Machines

The SSPX leadership against Scripture and Tradition

Second volume of Justice Scalia biography portrays a unique “founder”

Consequential Consistorial Connections

Columns

The challenge of applying Catholic social teaching

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Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

“We have lived a lie for 65 years”: Bishop Bushu on Cameroon’s deep divisions

“My missionary life was an adventure of the heart”: An interview with Fr. Barry Martinson, S.J.

New collection of Augusto Del Noce essays explain dynamics of Marxism, Fascism

Second volume of Justice Scalia biography portrays a unique “founder”

“My missionary life was an adventure of the heart”: An interview with Fr. Barry Martinson, S.J.

The Confessions of Monsignor Paglia and the Crossroads for Moral Catholic Theology

The SSPX leadership against Scripture and Tradition

Fr. Rossetti, Cardinal McElroy, and the case of unidentified ecclesiastical motives

“We have lived a lie for 65 years”: Bishop Bushu on Cameroon’s deep divisions

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

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