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Recompense for a serious mistake
In which I suggest that my readers use all those unexpired Christmas gift cards to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or whatever, to thicken their personal […]
Articles by George Weigel
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Viva Cristo Rey!
While many Catholic schools are closing because of decreasing enrollments and financial pressures; the Cristo Rey network is opening new schools. […]
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In Memoriam, 2017
Before the civil year ends, let’s remember seven giants who will be sorely missed. […]
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The crèche and the gap
The messiness of history is a caution against letting sentimentality take over Christmas; so are some challenging truths about Mary, Joseph, and their place in […]
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Books for Christmas
Including works on St. Charles Borromeo, Vatican II, “Amoris Laetitia”, Justice Scalia, Kenneth Clark, and the teachings and practices of Catholicism. […]
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A meditation on “Maranatha”
To say “Jesus is Lord” impels us – or should impel us – to offer others the gift of friendship with the Son that we […]
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What’s changed since “Humanae Vitae”?
Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University is hosting a series of lectures on the 50th anniversary of Paul VI’s landmark encyclical, but some of the speakers aren’t […]
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A museum for which to be thankful
As Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, remarked at a pre-opening celebration of the splendid new Museum of the Bible in the nation’s capital, the […]
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As the Bard might say….
I am struck by how closely the catalogue of evasion presented in As You Like It tracks the dodgeball played by those who criticize the critics of […]
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“You have to decide.”
Father Karol Wojtyła’s signature phrase as a confessor and spiritual director was, “You have to decide.” And it had nothing to do with a notion being […]