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Articles by Carl E. Olson

About Carl E. Olson

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. 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 Twitter @carleolson.

And the leading contender for Clueless, Oafish Op-Ed of 2012…

January 13, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

…. is “For Priests’ Wives, a Word of Caution”, by Sara Ritchey, assistant professor of medieval European history at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, which appeared in yesterday’s edition of the award-winning journal of religious […]

The long (and winding) road from Canterbury to Rome

January 12, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From Terry Mattingly’s most recent column: In the fall of 1979, a cluster of Episcopalians made another trip to Rome seeking a haven for Anglo-Catholic believers anxious to exit their increasingly divided church. Vatican officials […]

Supreme Court issues “most significant religious liberty decision in two decades”

January 11, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From today’s edition of The New York Times In what may be its most significant religious liberty decision in two decades, the Supreme Court for the first time on Wednesday recognized a “ministerial exception” to […]

Report on women’s religious in the U.S. has been filed

January 10, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From Catholic News Agency: A three-year survey of women’s religious life in the United States has concluded with the filing of a final report by the Vatican-appointed Apostolic Visitator Mother Mary Clare Millea. “Although there […]

Pope Benedict XVI’s annual “State of the World” address

January 10, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From the address, available on the Vatican website: Truly the world is gloomy wherever it is not brightened by God’s light! Truly the world is dark wherever men and women no longer acknowledge their bond […]

The illogical creed of Krauthammer’s hopeless, agnostic conservatism

January 9, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Charles Krauthammer is a very smart man. He majored in political science and economics at McGill University, was a Commonwealth Scholar in Politics at Oxford, and then graduated from Harvard (M.D.) in 1975. He practiced […]

More evidence that Pope Pius XII saved countless Jews

January 9, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From a new piece just posted online by Inside the Vatican magazine: “And now, my Jewish friend, go with the protection of the Lord, and never forget, you must always be proud to be a […]

“Experts” waking up to Hollywood’s pedophile problem

January 9, 2012 Carl E. Olson 1

Deacon Greg Kendra has posted a link to and excerpt from a January 8th Los Angeles Times piece, “Child sexual abuse cases in Hollywood attract attention”, which breaks news that is probably surprising only to […]

Surprising Catholic Endorsements?

January 8, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

From yesterday’s edition of The New York Times: MANCHESTER, N.H. — Five former ambassadors to the Vatican endorsed Mitt Romney on Saturday, choosing a Mormon over two Roman Catholic rivals in the race for the […]

Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan to be named a Cardinal

January 6, 2012 Carl E. Olson 0

Here is the official announcement, on the Archdiocese of New York website. More from the New York Times: Eight of the ten archbishops in the history of the New York archdiocese have been named cardinals, […]