Special Report

“Shun Idols”

April 26, 2011 J. J. Ziegler 0

The Roman Pontifex Maximus Julius Caesar, in words destined to be translated by generations of Latin students, observed that “all Gaul is divided into three parts.” Over two millennia later, during his apostolic journey to […]

Special Report

Protectionism and Poverty

April 26, 2011 J. J. Ziegler 0

For the 900,000 residents of the oilrich monarchy of Qatar—independent from Britain only since 1971— Doha is a thriving capital city, a modern business, education, and media center that serves as the headquarters of the […]

Special Report

Restoring Catholic Integrity

April 26, 2011 Anita Crane 0

His Excellency Joseph F. Naumann, D.D. was ordained the archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas on January 15, 2005. On that day, he said, “I ask for your prayers that I might be a good and […]

Special Report

World Youth Day 2008

April 26, 2011 Father Matthew Gamber 0

In the cool darkness of an Australian July winter’s night, under a clear sky marked with stars of the Southern Cross, Pope Benedict looked upon the 235,000 candle-bearing young persons gathered with him at the […]

Special Report

Innovative Models

April 25, 2011 Elenor K. Schoen 0

There are three unique models of Catholic higher education in North America of which many Catholics are perhaps unaware. These programs are filling an obvious, unmet need— and doing so in ways both unconventional and […]

Special Report

“I Am Not Changing”

April 25, 2011 Matthew A. Rarey 0

“When the Devil fell, he couldn’t come back up again. That’s why the Devil hates you!” the pastor booms into his microphone as he paces frenetically before his congregation, whipping them into exaltation. “But when […]

Special Report

Where the Laborers are Few

April 25, 2011 J. J. Ziegler 0

As discussed in the July issue of CWR, the Church worldwide has enjoyed growth in the number of seminarians since 1978. According to data published in L’Osservatore Romano and the Vatican’s statistical yearbook, there were […]

Special Report

Laborers for the Harvest

April 18, 2011 J. J. Ziegler 0

The Church worldwide has been blessed since 1978 with a surge in the number of seminarians. According to data published in L’Osservatore Romano and the Vatican’s statistical yearbook (the Secretariat of State’s Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae), […]

Special Report

God’s Whisper

April 18, 2011 Elenor K. Schoen 0

                                  The vocation director for the Archdiocese of New York was facing a dilemma. For the first time in […]