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 […]
Editor’s note: The following kath.net interview was posted originally on November 15, 2022, and appears here with kind permission of Lothar C. Rilinger and kath.net. English translation is by Frank Nitsche-Robinson. Vatican (kath.net) According to […]
Editor’s note: The following Sept. 13, 2022, kath.net interview by Lothar C. Rilinger, translated for CWR by Frank Nitsche-Robinson, is reprinted here by kind permission of kath.net and Mr. Rilinger. Vatican (kath.net) The term “New […]
© Catholic World Report