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Carl E. Olson is editor of Catholic World Report and Ignatius Insight. He is the author of Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?, Will Catholics Be "Left Behind"?, co-editor/contributor to Called To Be the Children of God, co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax (Ignatius), and author of the "Catholicism" and "Priest Prophet King" Study Guides for Bishop Robert Barron/Word on Fire. His recent books on Lent and Advent—Praying the Our Father in Lent (2021) and Prepare the Way of the Lord (2021)—are published by Catholic Truth Society. The Most Asked Questions about Faith, Reason, Jesus, and the Bible, co-authored with Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., will be published by Ignatius Press in Fall 2026. He is also a contributor to "Our Sunday Visitor" newspaper, "The Catholic Answer" magazine, "The Imaginative Conservative", "The Catholic Herald", "National Catholic Register", "Chronicles", and other publications. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @carleolson.
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The HHS’s four-year plan for abortion-covering health insurance

March 15, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Douglas Johnson and Susan T. Muskett, J.D., of National Right to Life analyse the next step in the federal government’s plan to make the culture of death the mandated, all-encompassing rule of the land: The […]

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Pope’s audience focuses on Mary’s prayers, role of prayer in the early Church

March 15, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Pope Benedict XVI has begun a new series of general audiences, which will, he states, focus on “prayer in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Letters of St. Paul.” As he did so […]

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Pope Benedict XVI knows ecumenism. Who knew?

March 14, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Answer: anyone who paid attention, gave the man a chance, and actually read some of his several significant pre-pontificate essays and addresses on ecumenism (and inter-religious dialogue). Remember all of those many years ago (two? […]

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The upside Dowd world of liberated contraceptotalitarians

March 14, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Whilst attending my mandatory four years in a state-operated institution of patchwork, dubious learning (aka, high school) in the mid-1980s, I was taught that the basic narrative for the women’s “lib” movement was it allowed […]

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Dionne’s dutiful dance and those devilish details

March 13, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

When the HHS mandate was first delivered from on high, it so shocked and stunned many Catholics that something rather exceptional occured: for a few moments—even a few days, in a handful of remarkable cases—some […]

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Evangelicals and Catholics Together, defending religious freedom

March 12, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Over the years, Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT), which was founded in 1994, has released a number of ecumenical statements addressing a wide range of theological, social, and political issues. The most recent is on […]

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Study: Britain will be an atheist nation by 2030

March 9, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

It’s not news, sadly, that Christianity is dying in England. But the severity of the decline is worse, perhaps, than many have thought. From The Daily Mail: The study, Religion in Great Britain, concludes: ‘Between […]

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Details of Abby Johnson’s lawsuit against Planned Parenthood made public

March 9, 2012 Carl E. Olson 2

  From the Alliance Defense Fund website: HOUSTON, Texas — Planned Parenthood submitted “repeated false, fraudulent, and ineligible claims for Medicaid reimbursements” through the Texas Women’s Health Program according to a federal lawsuit made public […]

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Pope talks to US prelates about “the contemporary crisis of marriage and the family”

March 9, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From Vatican Information Service, a summary of Benedict XVI’s frank talk to U.S. bishops about failure of catechesis, the serious problem of widespread cohabitation, and the need to recover an appreciation for the virtue of […]

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The Diocese of Baker finally has a bishop

March 8, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

This morning I awoke to the good news that the Diocese of Baker, Oregon, finally has a new bishop, after a thirteen month wait, the longest current vacancy in the U.S. I was a bit […]

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