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Looking beyond the numbers on Mass attendance (The Catholic Weekly): “Overall, this study is dominated by the opinions of white, middle class, female, highly educated, [...]
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Ohio Courts Invalidate Parental Educational Choice Program

Ohio Courts Invalidate Parental Educational Choice Program: Appeal Sure to Follow Charles J. Russo The latest front in the battle to protect the God-given parental [...]
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Opinion: When praying for a President becomes a scandal

We have reached such an extraordinary degree of political derangement within Catholic discourse in the U.S. that twelve bishops praying over the President of the [...]
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Why OCIA is not a class…

What does it take to make someone a Catholic? The waters of Baptism bring new birth, yet when we look around, we find many baptized [...]
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Why seminaries need to teach political philosophy and study of statesmanship

I taught in fine seminary programs at the beginning and end of my full-time teaching career, with stints at Catholic colleges and universities in between. [...]

Opinion: When praying for a President becomes a scandal

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Marcus Peter October 27, 2026 30

We have reached such an extraordinary degree of political derangement within Catholic discourse in the U.S. that twelve bishops praying over the President of the United States now constitutes a scandal requiring public apologies and [...]

Why seminaries need to teach political philosophy and study of statesmanship

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Paul Seaton October 26, 2026 7

I taught in fine seminary programs at the beginning and end of my full-time teaching career, with stints at Catholic colleges and universities in between. I continue to teach part-time for the college seminary of [...]

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On Christ the King and the idolatry of politics

Peter M.J. Stravinskas October 25, 2026 7

Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the feast of Christ the King (Extraordinary Form), October 25, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. In the calendar of the Usus Antiquior, [...]

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Amoris Laetitia in 2026 and the deeper crisis of faith today

Larry Chapp October 22, 2026 43

The anticipated meeting in Rome to revisit and possibly reassess Amoris Laetitia is now over. And whatever Pope Leo wishes to do with its deliberations will now be on hold as he recovers from surgery, [...]

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On the private life and public testimony of Elisabeth Elliot

Joseph F. Martin October 21, 2026 4

I first encountered Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) through her husband. I was a new student at a college in South Carolina when a friend pressed a copy of Shadow of the Almighty (1958) into my hands [...]

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From the Archives: Realism and Islam

James V. Schall, S.J. October 19, 2026 16

Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. Schall was posted first at CWR on April 17, 2016. I. Political realism, long associated with Augustine, constrains us to consider what Machiavelli later recommended to us—namely, [...]

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How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward

James Kalb October 18, 2026 12

Technology operates by defining goals clearly, breaking situations down into their simplest components, and finding the most effective and reliable way to deal with each piece of the puzzle. That approach is effective with simple [...]

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Prof. Jérôme Lejeune on Human Ethics and the Unborn Child

Michael J. Miller October 16, 2026 7

On May 7, 1974, less than 500 days after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the disastrous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, a world-renowned geneticist testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s [...]

Amoris Laetitia in 2026 and the deeper crisis of faith today

Larry Chapp October 22, 2026 43

The anticipated meeting in Rome to revisit and possibly reassess Amoris Laetitia is now over. And whatever Pope Leo wishes to do with its deliberations will now be on hold as he recovers from surgery, [...]
From the Archives: Realism and Islam

James V. Schall, S.J. October 19, 2026 16
How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward

James Kalb October 18, 2026 12

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

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Ohio Courts Invalidate Parental Educational Choice Program

Opinion: When praying for a President becomes a scandal

Why OCIA is not a class…

Why seminaries need to teach political philosophy and study of statesmanship

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Opinion: When praying for a President becomes a scandal

Why seminaries need to teach political philosophy and study of statesmanship

On Christ the King and the idolatry of politics

Amoris Laetitia in 2026 and the deeper crisis of faith today

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From the Archives: Realism and Islam

How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward

Prof. Jérôme Lejeune on Human Ethics and the Unborn Child

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