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Does Magnifica Humanitas help explain how social teaching should be understood today?

August 12, 2026 James Kalb 15

At least for me, Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical does little to resolve doubts about how Catholic social teaching should be interpreted and understood. But I should explain my doubts. In its modern form, social […]

Analysis

The WNBA is the Reductio ad Absurdum of Trans Ideology

August 11, 2026 Kenneth Craycraft 69

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has perhaps done more to demonstrate the absurdity of transgender ideology than any American public institution. And it has done so through its endorsement of that very ideology. Over the […]

Features

Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe

August 10, 2026 Ngala Killian Chimtom 10

While churches across Western Europe continue to close their doors, repurpose their buildings, or grapple with widespread apathy, Nigeria is experiencing a Catholic awakening that defies global trends. With an estimated 35 million Catholics and […]

Essay

On Abortion Pills, Wastewater, and Public Trust

August 9, 2026 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 51

One scandal of the COVID era was the alliance between government and some social media platforms to suppress doubt and dissent about the regime—especially compulsory vaccinations—to control the pandemic. A casualty has been the erosion […]

Essay

Anthony Fauci, his beloved client, and the bureaucratic regime

August 8, 2026 Joseph K. Woodard 67

In the late 1980s, while I was finishing my PhD at Claremont Graduate School, President Ronald Reagan appointed my thesis advisor, Dr. William Barclay Allen, to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. A year […]

Features

“I think we’re poised for an amazing time in the Church.” An interview with Bp. Gerard W. Battersby

August 7, 2026 Jim Graves 18

Bishop Gerard W. Battersby, 66, has served as bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, since 2024. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He and his brother, Chris, are twins and were the youngest […]

Editorial

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

August 6, 2026 Carl E. Olson 20

“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity […]

Books

Not just another book about abortion: An Interview with Stephen Bujno

August 6, 2026 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 11

Stephen Bujno holds a PhD in philosophy and an MA in philosophical anthropology, the field that grounds his new book’s central argument. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of philosophy at Villanova University, where he […]

Features

The Odyssey is proof that old things still matter—maybe more than ever

August 5, 2026 Matthew Becklo 16

Unless you’ve been living in a cave blocked by a rock (and if so, maybe get out of there), you’ve heard about, and likely have already seen, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. The adaptation of Homer’s three-thousand-year-old […]

Features

31 Christians killed in Nigeria, including eleven children and a Catholic priest

August 4, 2026 Ngala Killian Chimtom 10

CWR-Yaounde: A devastating wave of violence has once again shattered communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, claiming the lives of at least 31 Christians in separate, brutal attacks. In the latest large-scale massacre, 30 Christians, including […]

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The Atlantic magazine: ISIS is “very Islamic,” “apocalyptic,” and “avowedly genocidal”

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When we published Sister Renée Mirkes’ article, “Why Fighting Against ISIL is Not Murder,” a month ago, we regretted that we hadn’t posted it earlier, as ISIS/ISIL—or at least news about the Islamic State of […]

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