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Papal nuncio to Cameroon faithful: “If you do not renounce violence, are you a Christian?”

In a strong call for peace in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions, which have been devastated by ten years of violence, the Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon and [...]
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Nigeria accounts for 72% of Christian killings worldwide, new report finds

Member of Parliament David Smith, the U.K. special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, speaks at the parliamentary launch of the World Watch List on Jan. 14, 2026. | Credit: Open Doors

Jan 16, 2026 / 10:11 am (CNA).
More Christians were ki… […]
Essay

“Swinging for the fences”: Lessons from my younger brother on living and dying

December 12, 2021, was the day my younger brother’s scan revealed the hard news that the pain in his left hip—which he jokingly called “a [...]
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Iran, the Quran, and the West

What is unfolding in Iran today is faithful to the Quran. The present regime represents the mature expression of political Islam as articulated through Quranic [...]
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Man as boundary phenomenon: On rediscovering the image of human nature

What is man? Carl Trueman argues that this is the most pressing question we face today. Paul Kingsnorth seems to agree; in his recently published book, Against the [...]

“Swinging for the fences”: Lessons from my younger brother on living and dying

Essay

Christine Jensen January 16, 2026 13

December 12, 2021, was the day my younger brother’s scan revealed the hard news that the pain in his left hip—which he jokingly called “a giant tumor”—was indeed precisely that. For months, he had attributed [...]

Thoughts on America, Age 250

Essay

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap. January 15, 2026 17

Americans are bad at history. As the late Christopher Lasch and many other scholars have noted, we’re ambivalent about the past. We claim to be a “new order of the ages,” words stamped in Latin [...]

Features

Walk for Life West Coast and OneLife LA to hold events on January 24, 2026

Jim Graves January 13, 2026 1

Two major pro-life walks organized by Catholics will return to California on Saturday, January 24. They are timed roughly in conjunction with the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which struck [...]

Columns

Renewal and the Council: A lawyer’s perspective

James Kalb January 12, 2026 33

The men who discussed and approved the documents of the Second Vatican Council also oversaw their implementation. The Church’s response to the Council was nonetheless very different from what they expected. Why did that happen? [...]

Essay

The late great George Pell and his enemies, Part 2

Dawn Beutner January 11, 2026 26

Editor’s note: You can read Part 1 of this column here. In 2014, the newly elected Pope Francis decided to improve the state of the Vatican’s finances. He appointed the Australian cardinal George Pell (1941-2023) [...]

Features

At consistory, Cardinal Zen slams synodality as ‘ironclad manipulation’ and ‘insult’ to bishops

Catholic News Agency January 10, 2026 43

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun speaks at the Asianews Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. – Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Jan 10, 2026 / 11:30 am (CNA).
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun delivered a forceful critique of syn… […]

Books

Recovering the truth about the body in a “liquid” age

Carl E. Olson January 10, 2026 5

Angela Franks, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of America and the President of the Academy of Catholic Theology for 2025–26. Her study and writing focus on identity, the body, the [...]

Columns

Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

Andrew Petiprin January 8, 2026 5

In the middle of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal was not alone in worrying that his nation and continent were no longer Christian enough. Today, the idea of a Christian society is much farther removed [...]

Renewal and the Council: A lawyer’s perspective

James Kalb January 12, 2026 33

The men who discussed and approved the documents of the Second Vatican Council also oversaw their implementation. The Church’s response to the Council was nonetheless very different from what they expected. Why did that happen? [...]
Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

Andrew Petiprin January 8, 2026 5
The “True” Islam

James V. Schall, S.J. December 14, 2025 52

The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with [...]
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 56
Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 130

Papal nuncio to Cameroon faithful: “If you do not renounce violence, are you a Christian?”

Nigeria accounts for 72% of Christian killings worldwide, new report finds

“Swinging for the fences”: Lessons from my younger brother on living and dying

Iran, the Quran, and the West

Man as boundary phenomenon: On rediscovering the image of human nature

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