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A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”

Author E.P. Cowley is a retired homeschooling mother living in southern British Columbia, Canada, who holds a master’s degree in English literature from Portland State [...]
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Slouching toward Gethsemane with Johnny Cash

As we head toward Laetare Sunday, many of us are feeling rather discouraged by the inconstancy of our Lenten disciplines. We woke up on Ash [...]
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NBC poll: Pope Leo XIV held in highest esteem among public personalities

A March NBC poll found that American voters hold Pope Leo XIV in highest esteem among other public personalities. […]
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Frances of Rome: The homemaker who became a saint

She never held a job in her life. She never went to college, and of her three children, only one survived her. She founded a [...]
Features

Pondering the war on Iran

A recent appeal from Pope Leo XIV urged patient diplomacy amid rising tensions between Western powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran. His words reflected [...]

A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”

Books

Paul Senz March 9, 2026 0

Author E.P. Cowley is a retired homeschooling mother living in southern British Columbia, Canada, who holds a master’s degree in English literature from Portland State University. Her novel, Tales from Wakken Wood, recently published by [...]

Pondering the war on Iran

Features

Marcus Peter March 8, 2026 17

A recent appeal from Pope Leo XIV urged patient diplomacy amid rising tensions between Western powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran. His words reflected the Church’s perennial instinct toward peace. Through long decades of [...]

Features

Sudanese bishops: Killings in South Sudan mark a “descent into the abyss of human depravity”

Ngala Killian Chimtom March 7, 2026 1

Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan have described the recent killings in parts of South Sudan as “a fresh descent into the abyss of human depravity.” At least 178 people were killed on Sunday, [...]

Books

Silence of the Gods chronicles the obscure paganism of eastern Europe

Casey Chalk March 6, 2026 3

In the secular recounting of the history of the West, it is commonly asserted that Christianity held a many-centuries-long dominance over the peoples of Europe, stifling (supposedly) intellectual and moral development because of its superstitious [...]

Features

“Go to Mass and confession frequently”: Bishop Francis Malone reflects on faith, vocations, family

Jim Graves March 5, 2026 7

Bishop Francis Malone, 75, has served as Bishop of Shreveport, Louisiana, since 2020. Shreveport is the northernmost of the seven dioceses of Louisiana and serves nearly 40,000 Catholics. Shreveport borders Arkansas to its north, with [...]

Analysis

Instrumentality in Sin and Silicon

Christopher M. Reilly March 4, 2026 9

The use and proliferation of artificial intelligence technology (AI) can generate vice and, ultimately, sin. Not always, for AI is a fascinating product of human creativity that promises many practical benefits as well as harmful [...]

Essay

J.J. Scarisbrick, Life’s Happy Warrior—Requiescat in pace

Edward Short March 3, 2026 7

John Joseph Scarisbrick, MBE, died peacefully on Saturday, February 28th, at 5:40 am with his two beloved daughters, Emma and Sarah, by his side. A towering figure in English Catholic life for over sixty years, [...]

Columns

Immigration, enforcement, and Catholics

James Kalb March 2, 2026 73

Effectively, open borders are a bad idea. That’s true whether they result from explicit policy or from failure to enforce the law effectively. The population of the world outside the United States is about 8 [...]

Immigration, enforcement, and Catholics

James Kalb March 2, 2026 73

Effectively, open borders are a bad idea. That’s true whether they result from explicit policy or from failure to enforce the law effectively. The population of the world outside the United States is about 8 [...]
Pope Leo, the Joshua Tree, and the Paschal Mystery

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. February 28, 2026 9
Making sense of Donald Trump

James Kalb February 2, 2026 240

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 130

Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...]
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 56

A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”

Slouching toward Gethsemane with Johnny Cash

NBC poll: Pope Leo XIV held in highest esteem among public personalities

Frances of Rome: The homemaker who became a saint

Pondering the war on Iran

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A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”

Pondering the war on Iran

Sudanese bishops: Killings in South Sudan mark a “descent into the abyss of human depravity”

Silence of the Gods chronicles the obscure paganism of eastern Europe

“Go to Mass and confession frequently”: Bishop Francis Malone reflects on faith, vocations, family

Instrumentality in Sin and Silicon

J.J. Scarisbrick, Life’s Happy Warrior—Requiescat in pace

Immigration, enforcement, and Catholics

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Immigration, enforcement, and Catholics

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The Politics of Three Cardinals

A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”

“Go to Mass and confession frequently”: Bishop Francis Malone reflects on faith, vocations, family

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A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”

Silence of the Gods chronicles the obscure paganism of eastern Europe

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Instrumentality in Sin and Silicon

J.J. Scarisbrick, Life’s Happy Warrior—Requiescat in pace

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Sudanese bishops: Killings in South Sudan mark a “descent into the abyss of human depravity”

J.J. Scarisbrick, Life’s Happy Warrior—Requiescat in pace

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