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The Fabulist and The Fabulous: On Arday and Parton

The August deaths of two very different people have dominated both traditional and social media. On August 14, 41-year-old Cambridge University professor Jason Arday was [...]
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Revival of Latin Mass spreads among Vietnamese Catholic youth

Vietnamese youth drawn to the TLM, Holy Land priests highlight plight of Christian community, Philippine dioceses call for end of mining agreement, and more in this week’s world news roundup. […]
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Why and how to read Augustine’s Confessions

In the comments to my CWR article on different translations of the Confessions, a reader related the common experience of trying to read Augustine and [...]
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SCOTUS to address right to conduct religious meetings without zoning permit

On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in a novel case from Ohio—Grand v. City of University Heights—with significant implications for [...]
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Why Catholics should reject the month and myth of “trangendered Saints”

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 [...]

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

Essay

Mary Rice Hasson, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer August 27, 2026 8

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 [...]

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

Features

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 52

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 [...]

Analysis

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 60

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 [...]

Books

New YOUCAT Love Forever is “a guide to formation for married love”

Sean Salai August 20, 2026 3

Mark Brumley is the president of Ignatius Press, one of the nation’s biggest U.S. Catholic publishers and multimedia distributors, and also the publisher of the Catholic World Report. He holds a Master’s degree in theology [...]

Features

Florida’s Catholic Attorney General, Bishops Face Off Over Vaccines

Monica Seeley August 19, 2026 135

Florida is a “school choice” state, allowing parents to pay for private school tuition with state-funded education savings accounts. But Catholic school children in the state are not given a choice enjoyed by their public [...]

Babel today

James Kalb August 24, 2026 52

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 Fabulist and The Fabulous: On Arday and Parton

Revival of Latin Mass spreads among Vietnamese Catholic youth

Why and how to read Augustine’s Confessions

SCOTUS to address right to conduct religious meetings without zoning permit

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

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

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

Unbroken: News from the Church in China

Winnowing Weasel Words

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

New YOUCAT Love Forever is “a guide to formation for married love”

Florida’s Catholic Attorney General, Bishops Face Off Over Vaccines

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Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

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

New YOUCAT Love Forever is “a guide to formation for married love”

Faith over fear: The Church’s response to the escalating Ebola crisis in Congo

New YOUCAT Love Forever is “a guide to formation for married love”

Not just another book about abortion: An Interview with Stephen Bujno

Exploring Landscapes of Grace: On the Virtues of Wandering Around Outside

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

Winnowing Weasel Words

The Forgotten Virtue of Patriotism

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

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

Florida’s Catholic Attorney General, Bishops Face Off Over Vaccines

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