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Pew report finds most American Catholics favor death penalty for those convicted of murder

The research showed that support for the death penalty among U.S. adults is 6 percentage points higher than it was in April 2021. […]
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St. Maximilian Kolbe’s weapon for evangelization: the Miraculous Medal

St. Maximilian Kolbe. / Credit: Nancy Bauer/Shutterstock

Rome Newsroom, Aug 14, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
As World War II raged around him in Poland, St. Maximilian Kolbe fought for souls using a printing press and another “weapon” — the Miraculou… […]
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Honoring the Jubilee Year of St. Francis during St. Michael’s Lent

October 3rd will mark 800 years since the death of St. Francis of Assisi. To celebrate this momentous occasion, Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a [...]
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Australian former bishop Christopher Saunders convicted on multiple counts of sexual abuse

The former bishop was convicted of sexually abusing two men. The diocese apologized to the victims and asked Our Lady Queen of Peace to intercede “on this journey of reconciliation, healing and hope.” […]
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New documentary details the life and martyrdom of Fr. Stanley Rother

Distribution Service: Fathom Entertainment MPAA Rating, Not rated at the time of this review Reel Rating: 3 out of 5 reels There’s a famous anonymous [...]

Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?

Columns

James Kalb August 12, 2026 21

At least for me, Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical does little to resolve doubts about how Catholic social teaching should be interpreted and understood. But I should explain my doubts. In its modern form, social [...]

The WNBA is the Reductio ad Absurdum of Trans Ideology

Analysis

Kenneth Craycraft August 11, 2026 70

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has perhaps done more to demonstrate the absurdity of transgender ideology than any American public institution. And it has done so through its endorsement of that very ideology. Over the [...]

Features

Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe

Ngala Killian Chimtom August 10, 2026 10

While churches across Western Europe continue to close their doors, repurpose their buildings, or grapple with widespread apathy, Nigeria is experiencing a Catholic awakening that defies global trends. With an estimated 35 million Catholics and [...]

Essay

On Abortion Pills, Wastewater, and Public Trust

John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. August 9, 2026 52

One scandal of the COVID era was the alliance between government and some social media platforms to suppress doubt and dissent about the regime—especially compulsory vaccinations—to control the pandemic. A casualty has been the erosion [...]

Essay

Anthony Fauci, his beloved client, and the bureaucratic regime

Joseph K. Woodard August 8, 2026 67

In the late 1980s, while I was finishing my PhD at Claremont Graduate School, President Ronald Reagan appointed my thesis advisor, Dr. William Barclay Allen, to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. A year [...]

Features

“I think we’re poised for an amazing time in the Church.” An interview with Bp. Gerard W. Battersby

Jim Graves August 7, 2026 18

Bishop Gerard W. Battersby, 66, has served as bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, since 2024. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He and his brother, Chris, are twins and were the youngest [...]

Editorial

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 20

“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 [...]

Books

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

Peter M.J. Stravinskas August 6, 2026 11

Stephen Bujno holds a PhD in philosophy and an MA in philosophical anthropology, the field that grounds his new book’s central argument. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of philosophy at Villanova University, where he [...]

Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?

James Kalb August 12, 2026 21

At least for me, Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical does little to resolve doubts about how Catholic social teaching should be interpreted and understood. But I should explain my doubts. In its modern form, social [...]
Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three

Larry Chapp July 31, 2026 32
Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Two

Larry Chapp July 17, 2026 25

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 20

“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

Pew report finds most American Catholics favor death penalty for those convicted of murder

St. Maximilian Kolbe’s weapon for evangelization: the Miraculous Medal

Honoring the Jubilee Year of St. Francis during St. Michael’s Lent

Australian former bishop Christopher Saunders convicted on multiple counts of sexual abuse

New documentary details the life and martyrdom of Fr. Stanley Rother

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Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?

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Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe

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Anthony Fauci, his beloved client, and the bureaucratic regime

“I think we’re poised for an amazing time in the Church.” An interview with Bp. Gerard W. Battersby

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

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

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Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?

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Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe

“I think we’re poised for an amazing time in the Church.” An interview with Bp. Gerard W. Battersby

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

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

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31 Christians killed in Nigeria, including eleven children and a Catholic priest

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