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Michael O’Brien discusses Adeodatus, apocalypse, and the spiritual battle

Michael D. O’Brien is a remarkably prolific author, iconographer, and painter, endlessly creating staggering works of art that break the reader’s heart (in the best [...]
The Dispatch

Brace yourself, because woke trigger season is here

If you have any woke friends, they’re going to need help soon! It’s the worst time of year for certain woke seasonal allergies. I don’t [...]
Analysis

Speaking to Greeks in Athens, and to a few others

This past Wednesday, Secretary Rubio gave a widely viewed speech atop the Acropolis in Athens, largely focusing on the ancient Greeks’ contributions to Western civilization, [...]
The Dispatch

Caryll Houselander, patron of artists, mystics, neurotics, and…

On October 12, 1954, Caryll Houselander died, a British laywoman with an unusual name and an unusual story. When writer and publisher Maisie Ward wrote [...]
The Dispatch

Ethiopian Bishop Semahun says that seeking peace isn’t “remaining silent before evil”

Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun of Ethiopia’s Eparchy of Bahir Dar-Dessie has called for a return to peace in the troubled eparchy, emphasizing that “to seek [...]

Michael O’Brien discusses Adeodatus, apocalypse, and the spiritual battle

Books

Paul Senz October 12, 2026 0

Michael D. O’Brien is a remarkably prolific author, iconographer, and painter, endlessly creating staggering works of art that break the reader’s heart (in the best way). O’Brien is the author of many tremendous novels, including [...]

Speaking to Greeks in Athens, and to a few others

Analysis

Paul Seaton October 12, 2026 0

This past Wednesday, Secretary Rubio gave a widely viewed speech atop the Acropolis in Athens, largely focusing on the ancient Greeks’ contributions to Western civilization, then applying their lessons to the current geopolitical scene. Pundits, [...]

Columns

Why Creation Matters: The Trinitarian Case for Environmental Stewardship

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. October 10, 2026 11

I was delighted to recently learn that Pope Leo had just authorized the publication of a substantial new study by the International Theological Commission (ITC) on a subject close to my own heart: Caring for [...]

Features

“Celebrating the sacraments brings me the greatest joy…”

Jim Graves October 9, 2026 1

Bishop Michael J. Sis has served as Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas, since 2014. He grew up in Bryan, Texas. He was the fourth of five children; his father, Raymond Sis, was [...]

Essay

What kind of pontiff was Pope Pius XII?

Dawn Beutner October 8, 2026 6

The world seems to be divided into two camps over Pope Pius XII. Was he an uncaring anti-Semite, an indecisive coward, and a leader so detached from the reality of World War II that he [...]

Essay

The Pauline Leo

Fr. Robert P. Imbelli October 6, 2026 15

Pope Leo’s fine homilies and speeches during his recent apostolic journey to France have been amply applauded and extensively commented upon. His homilies at the Place de la Concorde and at Lourdes, his addresses to [...]

Columns

The durability of wokeness

James Kalb October 5, 2026 38

In 2020, I wrote a column about wokeness, the view that group inequalities are intolerable evils, caused solely by institutionalized bigotry, that must urgently be extirpated. I said that its ambition and moralism allow no [...]

Analysis

Pope Leo XIV and Europe

Filip Mazurczak October 3, 2026 5

During the 2013 conclave, many European cardinal electors likely voted for Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentinian-born son of an Italian immigrant, with the hope that he would bridge Europe, the traditional heartland of the Church, [...]

Why Creation Matters: The Trinitarian Case for Environmental Stewardship

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. October 10, 2026 11

I was delighted to recently learn that Pope Leo had just authorized the publication of a substantial new study by the International Theological Commission (ITC) on a subject close to my own heart: Caring for [...]
The durability of wokeness

James Kalb October 5, 2026 38
9/11 Revisited

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

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

Michael O’Brien discusses Adeodatus, apocalypse, and the spiritual battle

Brace yourself, because woke trigger season is here

Speaking to Greeks in Athens, and to a few others

Caryll Houselander, patron of artists, mystics, neurotics, and…

Ethiopian Bishop Semahun says that seeking peace isn’t “remaining silent before evil”

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Michael O’Brien discusses Adeodatus, apocalypse, and the spiritual battle

Speaking to Greeks in Athens, and to a few others

Why Creation Matters: The Trinitarian Case for Environmental Stewardship