Catholic World Report
Catholic World Report

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
  • Home
  • Columns
    • Chapp’s Schtick
    • Ecclesia et Civitas
    • God’s First
    • God’s Two Books
    • The Past Present
  • Features
    • Analysis
    • Books
    • Editorial
    • Essay
    • Film & Music
    • History
    • Interview
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Special Report
  • The Dispatch
  • Topics
    • Pope Francis
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • Books
    • Canon Law
    • All Topics
  • About CWR
  • Advertise
  • Donate
News Briefs
  • [ July 14, 2026 ] 2 historic churches in Mexico City reopen almost 9 years after earthquake damage News Briefs
  • [ July 14, 2026 ] Catholic Relief Services to receive $235 million in food aid for Sudan, Ethiopia News Briefs
  • [ July 14, 2026 ] U.S. bishops urge Labor Department to reject expanding IVF insurance coverage News Briefs
  • [ July 14, 2026 ] BBC correspondent David Willey, longtime Vatican and papal chronicler, dies at 93 News Briefs
  • [ July 14, 2026 ] French bishop: Catholic lawmakers who back euthanasia bill cannot receive Communion News Briefs

Books

Books

The story of the rise, triumph, and nightmare of the modern self

November 29, 2020 Deborah Savage, PhD 26

Anyone wondering if man is capable of reason need look no further than the self-evident fact that he desires to understand. Indeed, he is frustrated when understanding eludes him. In those moments, he experiences what […]

Books

New history of Catholics in the United States full of scholarship, insight, humor

November 25, 2020 Bradley J. Birzer 8

Dr. Kevin Starr (1940-2017) was an amazingly prolific, talented, and innovative historian. His books on California, especially the five-volume California Dream series, which he completed while he was California State Historian, remain models of true […]

Books

“Axe-grinding and message spoil what you make”: An interview with Marly Youmans

November 22, 2020 Carl E. Olson 2

Novelist, poet, and story-teller extraordinaire Marly Youmans, author of fifteen books, has been described as “the best-kept secret among contemporary American writers” and “a novelist and poet out of sync with the times but in […]

Books

Understanding and surviving a culture dominated by expressive individualism

November 15, 2020 Carl E. Olson 16

Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. A church historian and prolific Evangelical author (he is a member of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church), Trueman […]

Books

Robert Hugh Benson, literary converts, and the Church in a dystopian age

November 13, 2020 Joseph Pearce 4

In this interview with Jan Franczak for the Polish Journal, PCh24, biographer and literary critic Joseph Pearce discusses the importance of the convert writer, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914), as well as other great literary converts. […]

Books

New history of the Eastern Orthodox Church is often superb, sometimes lacking

November 12, 2020 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 4

John Anthony McGuckin is without doubt one of the world’s leading scholars of Eastern Christianity, patristics, and Church history. Having taught at Columbia and Union Seminary in New York City, he returned to his native […]

Books

2020’s Best-kept Literary Secret

November 9, 2020 Jane Greer 7

Charis in the World of Wonders is the novel of the year—and the odds are that you’ve never heard of it. Or, if you have, you’ve not yet read it. Every year, a hundred thousand […]

Books

Some People Did See It Coming

October 7, 2020 Chilton Williamson, Jr. 30

If only for the sake of accuracy and fairness, the first-person plural pronoun in the title of this book begs definition, since a good many people did see “it” coming over the last four decades. […]

Books

It can’t happen here: A review of Live Not By Lies

October 6, 2020 Francis X. Maier 40

In January 2017, three days before Barack Obama left the White House, the New York Times published an opinion piece entitled “Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump.” Written by Beverly Gage, it spoke darkly […]

Books

The Essential Scalia is a comprehensive collection of originalist thought

September 30, 2020 Gregory J. Sullivan 4

With the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court the indispensable interpretive methods of original understanding in construing the Constitution and textualism in reading statutes are precisely where they belong: […]

Posts navigation

« 1 … 28 29 30 … 60 »

The Dispatch: More from CWR

  • Four key insights from Magnifica Humanitas

    Dr. R. Jared Staudt July 14, 2026 3
  • Saint Kateri Tekakwitha’s path to holiness

    Dawn Beutner July 14, 2026 4
  • Chicago Archdiocese investigates sex abuse accusation against activist priest

    Kate Quiñones July 13, 2026 21
  • Papal nuncio to Great Britain: A visit from Pope Leo is ‘likely’

    Victoria Cardiel July 13, 2026 13

Follow CWR on Facebook

  • 2 historic churches in Mexico City reopen almost 9 years after earthquake damage
  • Catholic Relief Services to receive $235 million in food aid for Sudan, Ethiopia
  • U.S. bishops urge Labor Department to reject expanding IVF insurance coverage
  • Four key insights from Magnifica Humanitas
  • BBC correspondent David Willey, longtime Vatican and papal chronicler, dies at 93
  • French bishop: Catholic lawmakers who back euthanasia bill cannot receive Communion
  • Iraq’s prime minister calls on Iraqi Christians abroad to return home
abortion Americas Asia - Pacific Catholic Church Catholic News COVID-19 Europe Jesus Christ Middle East - Africa Pope Francis pro-life prolife prolife2023 prolife2024 religious freedom Ukraine Ukraine War US Vatican Vatican news World
  • Mary Magdalene: The Apostle to the Apostles – Facts & Myths - OZReport.net: […] Her exact movements after the Resurrection (e.g., travel to France or Ephesus) are debated among traditions (Catholic World Report).…
  • Didn't Think So: Meuli was wrong in his avid defense of the schismatic SSPX in two instances: (1) That they weren't in schism…
  • meiron: Vol. 34 of The Jesuit relations, p. 31 of "Regnaut's report" (1649) tells of Jean de Brebeuf's martyrdom. (It is…

Join Our Free Newsletter

Daily
Weekly


 
Search CWR
Follow Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
Recent Comments
  • Didn't Think So on Why does the Vatican recognize Orthodox marriages but not those of the SSPX?
  • meiron on Saint Kateri Tekakwitha’s path to holiness
  • knowall on Why does the Vatican recognize Orthodox marriages but not those of the SSPX?
  • knowall on On the fragile margins of existence: A review of <i>Little House on the Prairie</i>
  • knowall on Small Catholic liberal arts colleges are doomed. Unless…
Also on CWR
No Picture
General

File under: Oh, now you tell us!

Carl E. Olson October 30, 2012 0

The New York Times reviews the new book, Leonardo and The Last Supper, authored by Ross King, and alerts the world to this little news flash: Mr. King deftly situates the painting in a historical […]

  • Home
  • About / Contact
  • Free Newsletter
  • Advertising
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

© Catholic World Report

Our Spring Sale Has Started

You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/

A FAITHFULLY CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE

Sign up to receive a weekly email with news, analysis, and commentary from a voice you can trust!

* indicates required


Daily
Weekly