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Archbishop Stankevics of Riga: “Let us move the accent from sociological issues to faith”

After welcoming Pope Francis in Latvia some weeks ago, the Archbishop of Riga, Zbignevs Stankevics, is taking part in the Synod in Rome focused on “young [...]
The Dispatch

Viganó’s critics and the end of history

There has been much commentary on Archbishop Carlo Viganó’s recent bombshell letters, including from many who have strongly criticized both Archbishop Viganó’s motives and the [...]
The Dispatch

A concise, accessible presentation on Paul VI, the Pill, and the Sexual Revolution

MPAA Rating: Unrated at the time of this review USCCB Rating: Unrated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 4 out of 5 reels [...]
Books

The Bland Inquisitor

While reading Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress I was comforted by the knowledge that I would be compensated [...]
Books

The Synod and six enchanting, problematic buzzwords

It comes as no surprise that the buzzwords – pastoral, mercy, listening, discernment, accompaniment and integration which swirled around the Extraordinary Synod on the Family [...]

Archbishop Stankevics of Riga: “Let us move the accent from sociological issues to faith”

Features

Deborah Castellano Lubov October 22, 2018 0

After welcoming Pope Francis in Latvia some weeks ago, the Archbishop of Riga, Zbignevs Stankevics, is taking part in the Synod in Rome focused on “young people, the faith and vocational discernment”. In this recent conversation [...]

The Bland Inquisitor

Books

Nathanael Blake October 21, 2018 3

While reading Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress I was comforted by the knowledge that I would be compensated for my opinion of it. Here it is: Don’t bother. Enlightenment [...]

Books

The Synod and six enchanting, problematic buzzwords

Fr Nicholas Gregoris October 20, 2018 18

It comes as no surprise that the buzzwords – pastoral, mercy, listening, discernment, accompaniment and integration which swirled around the Extraordinary Synod on the Family in 2014, the Ordinary Synod on the Family in 2015 [...]

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Archbishop Viganò’s third testimony indicates a way through the current morass

Christopher R. Altieri October 19, 2018 39

While the Church in the United States faces the prospect of an autumn to make Chile’s seem tame and even idyllic by comparison, the grotesque spectacle of “he said / he said” continues at the [...]

Essay

Russell Kirk: Conservative, Convert, Catholic

Bradley J. Birzer October 19, 2018 1

Editor’s note: This essay was originally posted on July 31, 2014, and is re-posted to mark the 100th anniversary of Kirk’s birth. Ordinarily Providence works through men and women—through St. Gregory, through St. Joan. Saints [...]

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Bishop Strickland of Tyler: “Lives have been damaged, even destroyed by abuse”

Jim Graves October 18, 2018 7

Bishop Joseph Strickland, 59, has served as bishop of Tyler, Texas, since 2012. A native Texan, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Dallas in 1985. His first assignment as a priest was [...]

Essay

A True Antagonist for a Broken World: Faith in a Secular Age

David Paul Deavel October 17, 2018 3

I’m often asked by friends or by people who know that I teach Catholic Studies what I think is going on with the Catholic Church. It’s a long story and has changed. You have perhaps [...]

Essay

The Prophetic Witness of St. John Paul II

Carl E. Olson October 16, 2018 4

[Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared on CWR on April 1, 2015, and is reposted here, in slightly different form, to mark the 40th anniversary of the election of John Paul II.) “We, who are [...]

The Conundrum of Progressivism

James Kalb September 30, 2018 7

Progressivism, the view that modern political tendencies should continually be extended, has deep roots. Its beginnings are closely connected to the rise of modern natural science, which rejects the contemplative ideal of knowledge in favor [...]
Political Life and the Church

James Kalb September 26, 2018 3
Confusion and mixed messages: A view from China

Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. September 24, 2018 2