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What Is the Catholic Intellectual Tradition?

“Could you explain what the Catholic Intellectual Tradition means?” This simple question from a superintendent reflected the renewal that is happening across the country. We’ve [...]
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Unlearned lessons of 9/11, a quarter-century later

Several weeks after Islamist terrorists hijacked four planes, wreaking havoc in lower Manhattan and at the Pentagon in the name of deranged religious convictions, I [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, September 9, 2026

The treasure the Jesuits squandered (Catholic Culture): “As a conservative young man in a liberal environment, (Father) Paul Mankowski had been viewed with some suspicion [...]
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“Coyote vs. Acme” delivers family fun and plenty of laughs, without any agenda

It’s getting harder and harder to find good, clean family fun without a woke agenda in children’s movies these days. Disney has notoriously sneaked homosexual [...]
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New report says over 3000 Christians killed in Nigeria in first 8 months of 2026

A sobering new report claims that no fewer than 3,083 Christians were killed and 3,193 abducted in attacks allegedly carried out by jihadist groups in [...]

New report says over 3000 Christians killed in Nigeria in first 8 months of 2026

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Ngala Killian Chimtom September 8, 2026 5

A sobering new report claims that no fewer than 3,083 Christians were killed and 3,193 abducted in attacks allegedly carried out by jihadist groups in Nigeria between January and August this year. The report, released [...]

The Mass: Our Intimate Encounter with the Transcendent Lord

Essay

Most Reverend James Conley September 8, 2026 6

All of us, whether religious or not, long for transcendence because the human heart was made for it. By transcendence I mean the awareness of something greater than ourselves; something bigger than us. It’s that [...]

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Labor Unions, the Church, AI, and Magnifica Humanitas

Father George E. Schultze, SJ September 6, 2026 27

Humanity has always struggled with authority and trust. Rather than recognizing God as the author of all creation and choosing to avoid evil and do good in freedom, even we believers try to tell God [...]

Features

From the archives: “Mother changed my life”: Friends remember Mother Teresa

Jim Graves September 5, 2026 4

Editor’s note: This piece was posted originally on August 29, 2016, leading up to the September 6, 2016, canonization of Mother Teresa. It is reposted here on the tenth anniversary of that event. Pope Francis [...]

Essay

Benedict the Outlier?

John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. September 4, 2026 46

Was Pope Benedict XVI an “outlier”? That is the view of Mike Lewis on the liturgical views of Pope Benedict XVI. Writing at “Where Peter Is,” Lewis casts Ratzinger–before, during, and after his pontificate–as an [...]

Essay

Making sense of the surreal storm of the support for Lindsay Clancy

Anne Hendershott September 3, 2026 117

Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three young children, had become a rallying point for thousands of women who believed she was the true victim. During her trial, more than 300 women [...]

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In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

Larry Chapp September 2, 2026 16

The biblical narrative of redemption is rendered pointless and ultimately incomprehensible in a culture that has been bleached of a real sense of the importance of moral agency—the ability to choose freely right and wrong, [...]

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The Church cannot declare war on Latin Mass devotees, Cardinal Robert Sarah says

ACI Digital September 1, 2026 137

The cardinal praised Pope Benedict’s 2007 decision to allow the faithful greater access to the Latin Mass but called Pope Francis’ 2021 decision to restrict it neither “sensible” nor “respectful.” […]

In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

Larry Chapp September 2, 2026 16

The biblical narrative of redemption is rendered pointless and ultimately incomprehensible in a culture that has been bleached of a real sense of the importance of moral agency—the ability to choose freely right and wrong, [...]
Putting Down Roots: Care for Creation Begins Close to Home

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. August 31, 2026 24
Babel today

James Kalb August 24, 2026 61

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 131

What Is the Catholic Intellectual Tradition?

Unlearned lessons of 9/11, a quarter-century later

Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, September 9, 2026

“Coyote vs. Acme” delivers family fun and plenty of laughs, without any agenda

New report says over 3000 Christians killed in Nigeria in first 8 months of 2026

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New report says over 3000 Christians killed in Nigeria in first 8 months of 2026

The Mass: Our Intimate Encounter with the Transcendent Lord

Labor Unions, the Church, AI, and Magnifica Humanitas

From the archives: “Mother changed my life”: Friends remember Mother Teresa

Benedict the Outlier?

Making sense of the surreal storm of the support for Lindsay Clancy

In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

The Church cannot declare war on Latin Mass devotees, Cardinal Robert Sarah says

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In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

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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

T.S. Eliot’s Complete Simplicity

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

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

The Mass: Our Intimate Encounter with the Transcendent Lord

Labor Unions, the Church, AI, and Magnifica Humanitas

Benedict the Outlier?

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

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

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