The Dispatch
The German’s “Synodal Path” is a walk into lunacy
Believing as I do that synodality holds out much promise for the Church, I have watched with growing dismay–shared with many others–as a German concoction [...]
Finding the path to renewal in the Church: An interview with Brandon McGinley
Books
Brandon McGinley has written a book, The Prodigal Church (Sophia Institute Press, 2020), which analyzes what has happened within and to the Catholic Church in recent decades, and how the Church can best respond to [...]
God’s Law of Love: A Spirituality of the Ten Commandments (Part 1)
Essay
In an effort to assist CWR readers in their Lenten journey, we shall be offering weekly reflections on the oh-so-maligned but oh-so-necessary Ten Commandments (commandments, we should note at the outset, not suggestions!). Our point [...]
Columns
Modernity, medievalism, and the reckless spirit of Carnival
Modern urban life has detached most people in the developed world from a visceral experience of the rhythms of nature. Snowstorms such as much of the country has recently experienced represent one of the few [...]
Essay
The educational pilgrimage of St. John Paul II and its impact on the world
Editor’s note: The Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based public policy research center, has just published a groundbreaking study, A Vision of Hope: Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts. The book explores the history and achievements of Catholic education [...]
Essay
“It’s the Mass that matters”
In early 20th-century England, a certain politician railed against English Catholics at a time when they were largely ostracized. His rallying-cry found a ready audience, not only with those sympathetic to the politician’s anti-Catholic position, [...]
Books
Newman’s classic work on relationship between the Church and the World
Edward Short is the author of Newman and his Contemporaries (2011), Newman and his Family (2013), and Newman and History (2017). His critical edition of Difficulties of Anglicans has just been published by Gracewing. He [...]
Books
“All my books come from some kind of love”
Dr. Peter Kreeft is a prolific writer. Stunningly prolific. This is a man who has taught philosophy at Boston College since 1965, while maintaining a robust schedule as an in-demand speaker on all things Catholic—although [...]
Books
A powerful analysis of American awakening, fracturing, and addicting
The idea that our culture is post-Christian is an antiquated bromide that is dangerous because it masks a truth that is even more troubling. And that truth is that our culture is now post-post-Christian insofar [...]
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Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), made the following remark as part of a longer statement about the violence in the United States Capitol: “I [...] -
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Timothy J. Williams:
“Most bishops expressed satisfaction with the state of the U.S. bishops’ conference. [...] In Maier’s view, bishops enjoy many fewer…
Darlene:
I certainly didn't know that any Catholic commentator was interviewing our bishops. I think that is healthy. I also didn't…
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