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African priests express anxiety as vocations boom turns to a grey wave

Young African priests are expressing anxiety about their retirement years. The absence of sustainable care infrastructure across the continent has often forced retired clergy into [...]
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10 years after Amoris Laetitia, bishops to discuss challenges of families at the Vatican

Vatican officials said the weeklong meeting is neither a synod, nor an evaluation of Amoris Laetitia. […]
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Active Participation Revisited

Nearly ten years ago, I found myself in Rome for a private audience with Cardinal Robert Sarah, the then-Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship [...]
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Synod proposes reforming canon law to give greater weight to laity, women in the Church

The report, prepared by one of the study groups created after the Synod on Synodality, must now be examined by Pope Leo XIV. […]
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Sheed and Ward at One Hundred: A Carmelite note of appreciation

Earlier this year America magazine published Carole Sargent’s worthy tribute to Frank and Maisie’s immense contribution to English-speaking Catholicism through their publishing house, which began a [...]

Active Participation Revisited

Essay

Adam Bartlett October 1, 2026 2

Nearly ten years ago, I found myself in Rome for a private audience with Cardinal Robert Sarah, the then-Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, in order to share [...]

Cardinal McElroy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and The Social Contract

Essay

Dr. Thomas R. Rourke September 30, 2026 8

On September 26, Cardinal Robert McElroy delivered a speech titled “A Social Contract for the Digital Age” at St. Anselm’s Abbey School in Washington, D.C. The talk summarized how the concept of social contract needs [...]

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New book addresses conflicts over abortion, gender treatments, conscience

Paul Senz September 29, 2026 8

There is perhaps no more polarizing issue in American society than abortion. Other contentious issues include so-called gender issues, sexual morality, and the role of and rights related to conscience. A new book by Christopher [...]

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“In the presence of the angels I will praise Thee…”

Sandra Miesel September 29, 2026 39

Popular culture reflects the true nature of angels as faithfully as a funhouse mirror. It shows glorious incorporeal spirits in fanciful shapes, from pudgy winged babies to ethereal Nature goddesses, and turns these false images [...]

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Evangelization and Blessed Fulton J. Sheen

Peter M.J. Stravinskas September 27, 2026 3

Editor’s note: The following homily was delivered on September 27, 2026, at the Oratory of Saints Gregory and Augustine, St. Louis, within the celebration of the Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. The most important [...]

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Baptized by Fulton Sheen: Bishop Barres reflects on new blessed’s holiness and mission

Father Seán Connolly September 26, 2026 2

This week, I traveled to St. Louis with thousands of other Catholics from throughout the country for the Beatification Mass of Fulton Sheen. It was deeply uplifting to see so many people gathered together who, [...]

Features

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

John Tuttle September 25, 2026 0

During the growing season, visitors driving along country roads on their way to Peoria gaze out on oceans of field corn—the green stalks sporting golden tassels—and the occasional open pasture spotted with cows. Young Fulton [...]

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A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

Jonah McKeown September 24, 2026 15

Pope Leo XIV announced Blessed Sheen’s feast day will be on Dec. 9, the anniversary of his death. […]

9/11 Revisited

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

Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, [...]
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

Larry Chapp September 2, 2026 16
Putting Down Roots: Care for Creation Begins Close to Home

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. August 31, 2026 50

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

African priests express anxiety as vocations boom turns to a grey wave

10 years after Amoris Laetitia, bishops to discuss challenges of families at the Vatican

Active Participation Revisited

Synod proposes reforming canon law to give greater weight to laity, women in the Church

Sheed and Ward at One Hundred: A Carmelite note of appreciation

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Active Participation Revisited

New book addresses conflicts over abortion, gender treatments, conscience

“In the presence of the angels I will praise Thee…”

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Baptized by Fulton Sheen: Bishop Barres reflects on new blessed’s holiness and mission

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

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