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Soldier-Saints who fought for peace and brought Christ to the battlefield

Catholics might be surprised to learn that the Church recognizes hundreds of soldiers as Saints and Blesseds. While the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds [...]
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Vatican confirms excommunication of SSPX bishops, declares schism

Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring those bishops and their consecrators automatically excommunicated. […]
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Inside the Mormon temple: What I expected, what I saw

Today, my wife and I toured the recently renovated San Diego temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly known as the [...]
Essay

What links disintegration? On Rousseau, gnosticism, and Saint Michael

The truth will not only “make us free” but it is itself free. We all come in fact to know the same truth, otherwise we could not [...]
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SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome’s schism warning

The unauthorized July 1 rite in Écône, Switzerland, came despite Pope Leo XIV’s appeal to “please turn back” and could trigger automatic excommunication for the six bishops involved. […]

What links disintegration? On Rousseau, gnosticism, and Saint Michael

Essay

Jose Yulo July 1, 2026 1

The truth will not only “make us free” but it is itself free. We all come in fact to know the same truth, otherwise we could not communicate at all with one another. This is why the [...]

Social contagion and the rise and fall of transgenderism

Analysis

Anne Hendershott June 30, 2026 25

For more than a decade, the United States and much of the Western world witnessed a dramatic rise in transgender identification, especially among female adolescents and young adults. The speed, the scale, and the demographic concentration [...]

Essay

Digging deeper into the “Christian” origins of feminism and of our nation

Dr. Margaret Harper McCarthy June 29, 2026 33

The current debate over the Christian origins of feminism is a lot like the one over the Christian origins of America. It is argued that the Founders of America and the “first wave” feminists were [...]

Analysis

Getting Bible Translations Right: A Case Study from 1 and 2 Timothy

Rev. Msgr. C. Anthony Ziccardi, S.T.D., S.S.L. June 28, 2026 8

In a recent address, Pope Leo XIV counseled priests not to rely on artificial intelligence for the composition of their homilies: Like all the muscles in the body, if we do not use them, if [...]

Features

Opinion: The U.S. bishops missed an opportunity with changes to the “Charter”

Michael J. Mazza June 27, 2026 58

The internet buzzed after the U.S. bishops consecrated the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Orlando on Thursday. June 11. Catholic news outlets and bloggers mostly raved enthusiastically, while the secular media propagated [...]

Essay

What St. Josemaría Escrivá’s detractors can teach us about him and about holiness

Dawn Beutner June 26, 2026 10

Not every saint is universally esteemed at the time of his or her death. False accusations from a hostile priest stained the reputation of Saint John of the Cross for decades after he died. Soon-to-be [...]

Essay

What Truths Do We Hold? A Response to Questions and Critics

Kenneth Craycraft June 24, 2026 27

My June 9, 2026, essay, “Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology?,” has drawn over a hundred comments. As often happens in the comments section of any online forum, the majority of these are people arguing [...]

Books

New collection of Augusto Del Noce essays explain dynamics of Marxism, Fascism

Dr. Thomas R. Rourke June 22, 2026 13

The Suicide of the Revolution is the newest installment of Carlo Lancellotti’s project of translating and editing the works of Augusto Del Noce into English, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in Montreal.1 It is an attempt [...]

The challenge of applying Catholic social teaching

James Kalb June 18, 2026 27

Christ told Pilate that his kingdom was not of this world, which, he had prophesied, was doomed to end in catastrophe. He lived without worldly ties: without a job, wife, children, steady source of income, [...]
Catholic morality and social concerns

James Kalb June 2, 2026 50
Why I think Magnifica Humanitas is a pointed and prophetic gut punch

Larry Chapp May 27, 2026 82

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 176

“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...]
The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 131
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151

Soldier-Saints who fought for peace and brought Christ to the battlefield

Vatican confirms excommunication of SSPX bishops, declares schism

Inside the Mormon temple: What I expected, what I saw

What links disintegration? On Rousseau, gnosticism, and Saint Michael

SSPX consecrates bishops in defiance of Rome’s schism warning

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What links disintegration? On Rousseau, gnosticism, and Saint Michael

Social contagion and the rise and fall of transgenderism

Digging deeper into the “Christian” origins of feminism and of our nation

Getting Bible Translations Right: A Case Study from 1 and 2 Timothy

Opinion: The U.S. bishops missed an opportunity with changes to the “Charter”

What St. Josemaría Escrivá’s detractors can teach us about him and about holiness

What Truths Do We Hold? A Response to Questions and Critics

New collection of Augusto Del Noce essays explain dynamics of Marxism, Fascism

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“My missionary life was an adventure of the heart”: An interview with Fr. Barry Martinson, S.J.

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