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The risen Christ’s first gift to His Church was His peace and mercy

An embarrassment of riches confronts us today as we observe the Octave Day of Easter, Dominca in albis, Divine Mercy Sunday, Low Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday—take your pick—with readings that [...]
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“The one who goes into the conclave a pope, comes out a cardinal.”

It is a favorite pastime of scribblers on the beat, and it is the job of the cardinals to be thinking about the next guy [...]
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The blueprint of mercy: preparation, proclamation, perseverance, purpose

Readings: • Acts 5:12-16 • Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 • Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 • Jn 20:19-31 It is fitting that on this second Sunday [...]
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Pope Francis buried in beloved Marian basilica after coffin crosses Rome in popemobile

Prelates watch as Vatican officials prepare Pope Francis’ tomb in the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Saturday, April 26, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Apr 26, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis was buried Saturday in the Basilica … […]
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Cardinal Mahony’s coffin-closing cameo means it is business as usual

When Pope Francis’s coffin was sealed on Friday in St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Roger Mahony was among the official witnesses. If you are wondering why [...]

The risen Christ’s first gift to His Church was His peace and mercy

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Peter M.J. Stravinskas April 27, 2025 0

An embarrassment of riches confronts us today as we observe the Octave Day of Easter, Dominca in albis, Divine Mercy Sunday, Low Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday—take your pick—with readings that lead us to such seemingly diverse things as the experience [...]

Musings on a Starry Night is a constellation of brilliant essays by Thomas Howard

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Paul Senz April 25, 2025 2

Thomas Howard was a fascinating figure and a tremendously prolific author. He died in 2020 at the age of 85, after a long and successful career as an English professor, writer, critic, and apologist of [...]

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Retrospect on a pontificate

George Weigel April 23, 2025 49

During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself, proponents of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, as Benedict’s successor described him as an orthodox, tough-minded, courageous reformer [...]

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The reign of Pope Francis in retrospect: A Catholic World Report symposium

CWR Contributors April 22, 2025 49

In October 2013, I wrote one of the more challenging pieces of my nearly 30 years as an author: a CWR editorial titled “Pope Francis: The Good, the Baffling, and the Unclear”. I won’t repeat [...]

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Pope Francis, 1936-2025

Christopher R. Altieri April 21, 2025 72

Pope Francis, who said he never wanted to be earthly head of the Catholic Church and frequently governed as though he were a simple parish priest, is dead. The 265th successor to St. Peter the [...]

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The Resurrection of Europe?

Joseph Pearce April 21, 2025 13

Something strange is happening in the heart of Europe. Something is stirring. What is happening, what is stirring, is the stirring of the people of Europe against the decadent ascendancy that has ruled the roost [...]

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Forgiveness proves the Resurrection

David G. Bonagura, Jr. April 20, 2025 1

What is the one thing more outlandish than claiming a crucified criminal rose gloriously from the dead? Answer: Claiming that this man existed for one purpose: the forgiveness of sins. Forgiveness, as doctrine and salutary [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI’s “First Convert”

Roger Dubin April 19, 2025 5

Editor’s note: This essay was first posted at CWR, in slightly different form, on April 16, 2013. It is reposted here on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the election of Benedict XVI. ——– Groucho [...]

Subduing the Earth: Dominion or Domination?

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. April 9, 2025 8

In the previous installment of this column, I reflected on the present-day significance of Adam’s vocation to avad (“till” or “cultivate”) and shamar (“keep” or “care for”) the Garden of Eden. At that time, I [...]
Is the family still fundamental?

James Kalb April 3, 2025 23
On offices as hell, Severance, and white-collar work

Andrew Petiprin March 31, 2025 24

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 127

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...]
Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report

Carl E. Olson November 2, 2024 27
Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 63

The risen Christ’s first gift to His Church was His peace and mercy

“The one who goes into the conclave a pope, comes out a cardinal.”

The blueprint of mercy: preparation, proclamation, perseverance, purpose

Pope Francis buried in beloved Marian basilica after coffin crosses Rome in popemobile

Cardinal Mahony’s coffin-closing cameo means it is business as usual

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