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The End of History in “Avengers: Endgame”

Leading up to Avengers: Endgame, Marvel movies were fairly bad at characterization. A few villains were sophisticated characters you could understand—above all Thanos, who is [...]
The Dispatch

Cui bono? Bringing Thomistic thought to bear on modern economics

Last January, the Vatican issued a “Bolletino” titled Oeconomicae et pecuniariae quaestiones, subtitled “Considerations for an ethical discernment regarding some aspects of the present economic-financial [...]
Analysis

Now the Battle for Notre Dame Begins

The ashes have cooled. The firemen did their jobs. Within hours they were able to stop the flames from consuming the building and minimize the [...]
The Dispatch

Catholic voters and the 2020 presidential election

A little more than a year and a half before the presidential election of 2020, the post-Mueller features of that contest are coming into focus [...]
The Dispatch

Commentary: Sri Lanka, martyrdom, and the light of faith

Washington D.C., Apr 24, 2019 / 05:35 pm (CNA).- On Saturday night, the Church celebrated its most solemn and joyful liturgy. As it does every [...]

The End of History in “Avengers: Endgame”

Film & Music

Titus Techera April 26, 2019 1

Leading up to Avengers: Endgame, Marvel movies were fairly bad at characterization. A few villains were sophisticated characters you could understand—above all Thanos, who is tragic—but not so the beloved heroes. This tendency to create [...]

Now the Battle for Notre Dame Begins

Analysis

Dr. Randall B. Smith April 25, 2019 11

The ashes have cooled. The firemen did their jobs. Within hours they were able to stop the flames from consuming the building and minimize the damage to the structure and its treasures. But now the [...]

Books

“The Writer and Addiction”: The relationship between literature and alcoholism

Frank Wilson April 24, 2019 3

In a 1985 article in the New York Times titled “One Too Many for the Muse,” J. Anthony Lukas noted that “an exhaustive roster of literary scrooders would be too long to publish here.” He [...]

Analysis

The Ratzinger Diagnosis 

George Weigel April 24, 2019 11

Published a week short of his 92nd birthday, Joseph Ratzinger’s essay on the epidemiology of the clergy sex-abuse crisis vividly illustrated his still-unparalleled capacity to incinerate the brain-circuits of various Catholic progressives.  The origins of [...]

Essay

Catholic universities, contemplation, and our cultural future

Joseph G. Trabbic April 22, 2019 9

For better or for worse, universities are shapers of culture, not the only ones, of course, but decisive ones. The reason for this isn’t mysterious. Most of our cultural elites – the people in the [...]

Essay

“The Truth of the Resurrection” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

CWR Staff April 21, 2019 5

Editor’s note: The following excerpt is from Introduction to Christianity (2nd edition) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Ignatius Press, 1990, 2004; pp. 301-10). ——— To the Christian, faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an expression [...]

Essay

On resurrection, abortion, and judgment

James V. Schall, S.J. April 20, 2019 1

“On the morning of the first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, suddenly, Jesus stood among them and said: ‘Peace be with you,’ alleluia.” — Antiphon, Evening Prayer, Easter Sunday. [...]

Essay

Christ’s Sufferings and Ours: Good Friday reflections from Guardini’s “The Lord”

Fr. Charles Fox April 19, 2019 1

The problem of suffering is one that has plagued and haunted humanity since the Fall of our first parents. Suffering prompts in the heart of man a visceral reaction, as well as a simple yet [...]

Lenten Thoughts on Politics

James Kalb April 2, 2019 11

Lent is a time of retreat and reflection. That can mean very different things for different people at different times in their lives. But it always means stepping back from daily preoccupations and looking at [...]
Can We Turn Back the Clock?

James Kalb March 19, 2019 9
A Rock and Roll Journalist Opens Her Ears to God

Christopher S. Morrissey March 18, 2019 5

Editorial: Benedict XVI’s essay is both insightful and incomplete

Carl E. Olson April 11, 2019 48

Reaction to the unexpected release of a lengthy text—almost exactly 6,000 words in all—by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, titled “The Church and the scandal of sexual abuse”, has been both swift and polarized. Some have [...]
Fidelity or Idolatry? The conflict behind us, the crisis among us, the choice before us

Carl E. Olson January 7, 2019 30
The Pope fiddles, the bishops fumble, and the laity fume

Carl E. Olson November 14, 2018 58

The End of History in “Avengers: Endgame”

Cui bono? Bringing Thomistic thought to bear on modern economics

Now the Battle for Notre Dame Begins

Catholic voters and the 2020 presidential election

Commentary: Sri Lanka, martyrdom, and the light of faith

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The End of History in “Avengers: Endgame”

Now the Battle for Notre Dame Begins

“The Writer and Addiction”: The relationship between literature and alcoholism

The Ratzinger Diagnosis

Catholic universities, contemplation, and our cultural future

“The Truth of the Resurrection” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

On resurrection, abortion, and judgment

Christ’s Sufferings and Ours: Good Friday reflections from Guardini’s “The Lord”

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Editorial: Benedict XVI’s essay is both insightful and incomplete

In Pennsylvania, Carmelites plan a “micro village” according to St. Teresa’s vision

The Church is plunged into the darkness of Good Friday (Part 1)

“This story must be told”: The making of a movie about abortion, love, forgiveness

“The Writer and Addiction”: The relationship between literature and alcoholism

Cardinal Sarah and the Sunset of the West

Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong: Fighter, Teacher, Risk-Taker

Catholic universities, contemplation, and our cultural future

“The Truth of the Resurrection” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

On resurrection, abortion, and judgment

Walk for Life frees prisoner to heal from loss, inspire others

Accusations of “misgendering” in England raise questions over free speech, legal protections

“Phoenix from the Ashes” conference addresses roots of abuse crisis, solutions

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