Vatican City (kath.net). The conclave proceeded very harmoniously. Reality is always different from the movies. God graciously employed the conscientiousness and competence of the Sacred College of Cardinals of the Roman Church to make His own […]
In recent days, numerous names for a possible new pope have been circulating in the halls of the Vatican and the editorial offices of the press. The atmosphere sometimes resembles that of a football club’s […]
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 […]
Editor’s note: Earlier this month, I interviewed Dr. Kevin A. McMahon, editor of Exploring the World’s Foundation in Christ: An Introduction to the Writings and Thought of Donald J. Keefe, S.J., published recently by Ignatius Press. […]
Dear Readers, I was recently browsing through The Quotable [C.S.] Lewis (Tyndale, 1989), and was struck by how often Lewis extolled the virtue of re-reading books. “You really lose a lot,” he wrote in a […]
Vatican-Copenhagen (kath.net/pl) In an interview with KATH.NET, Sr. Anna Mirijam Kaschner, CPS, the General Secretary of the Nordic Bishops’ Conference, declared, “Yes, I share this concern in a very personal way—and of course I can […]
Catholic World Report asked a number of people—theologians, apologists, philosophers, novelists, catechists, editors, journalists—to choose one book (or single piece of writing) by Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI that especially influenced, shaped, inspired, and challenged them. […]
Dear Readers, Almost exactly a year ago, I used this space to tell the tale of moving many books into my newly converted “shoffice” in the wilderness near Elmira, Oregon (pop. 546). Admittedly, it’s not […]
Editor’s note: The following address was translated by William J. Melcher for CWR, from the Italian original posted by L’Osservatore Romano, with reference to the German translation posted by kath.net. ————— In his Letter to […]
(Kyiv, November 17, 2022) In his hands he holds the letter that Pope Francis just sent to him. “Once again the Pope expresses his affectionate closeness” to the “dear Ukrainian people”. And he invites us […]
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