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The Church cannot declare war on Latin Mass devotees, Cardinal Robert Sarah says

The cardinal praised Pope Benedict’s 2007 decision to allow the faithful greater access to the Latin Mass but called Pope Francis’ 2021 decision to restrict it neither “sensible” nor “respectful.” […]
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No Reconciliation without Contrition and Confession

It was highly amusing for me to read the comments to my “Winnowing Weasel Words” piece, recently published by CWR. First, I was described as [...]
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Massachusetts’ highest court upholds injunction banning statue of St. Michael

Controversy continues in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil Liberties Union. On behalf of “[f]ifteen residents and taxpayers,” ACLU sued the City of Quincy and [...]
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T.S. Eliot’s Complete Simplicity

In her admirably updated and revised critical biography, T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life, Lyndall Gordon plunders the various works of her subject to show how suffused [...]
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Amidst war and displacement, Sudanese bishops offer blueprint for peace

Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have launched a three-year strategic plan to deal with the several interlocking crises plaguing the two nations. The [...]

No Reconciliation without Contrition and Confession

Essay

Tracey Rowland August 30, 2026 24

It was highly amusing for me to read the comments to my “Winnowing Weasel Words” piece, recently published by CWR. First, I was described as an American, and then, when the editor pointed out that [...]

T.S. Eliot’s Complete Simplicity

Books

Edward Short August 29, 2026 2

In her admirably updated and revised critical biography, T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life, Lyndall Gordon plunders the various works of her subject to show how suffused they are with the travails of the life, especially the [...]

Essay

Why Catholics should reject the month and myth of “trangendered Saints”

Mary Rice Hasson, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer August 27, 2026 25

It’s worth noting that there were fewer Pride flags and celebrations this June than in years past. But Catholics never needed the secular calendar’s permission to know that June actually belongs to the Sacred Heart [...]

Features

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

Ngala Killian Chimtom August 26, 2026 1

Fr. Atta Barkindo, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Kukah Centre, has been appointed to a high-level expert team tasked by Nigeria’s Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) with developing a comprehensive National Peace Framework. [...]

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Babel today

James Kalb August 24, 2026 58

At its highest levels, political life today is an attempt to reach heaven through purely human means—that is, to construct Babel. That attempt is partly motivated by institutional interests, but at bottom has to do [...]

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Unbroken: News from the Church in China

Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. August 23, 2026 13

Sitting in the room with Chinese priests and nuns is always an exercise of patient listening and reading between the lines. Sometimes—it is not typically characteristic of Chinese culture to speak directly—someone is blunt. That [...]

Essay

Winnowing Weasel Words

Tracey Rowland August 22, 2026 68

Popes have long been political players on the world stage. In recent times, John Paul II worked with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to bring down the Berlin Wall. Benedict XVI addressed a joint sitting [...]

Features

“Adore Him” combines history and testimony in promoting Eucharistic adoration

Jim Graves August 21, 2026 4

Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, a Catholic evangelization apostolate founded and led by Deacon Steve Greco, director of evangelization and formation for the Diocese of Orange in California, has produced a film titled “Adore Him”. It is [...]

Babel today

James Kalb August 24, 2026 58

At its highest levels, political life today is an attempt to reach heaven through purely human means—that is, to construct Babel. That attempt is partly motivated by institutional interests, but at bottom has to do [...]
Unbroken: News from the Church in China

Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. August 23, 2026 13
Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?

James Kalb August 12, 2026 37

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 21

“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 131

The Church cannot declare war on Latin Mass devotees, Cardinal Robert Sarah says

No Reconciliation without Contrition and Confession

Massachusetts’ highest court upholds injunction banning statue of St. Michael

T.S. Eliot’s Complete Simplicity

Amidst war and displacement, Sudanese bishops offer blueprint for peace

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