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Redemptor Hominis: more important than ever

Forty-seven years ago, Pope John Paul II issued his first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis (The Redeemer of Man). The first letter in the centuries-old encyclical tradition devoted to [...]
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How to Write Well – and Why (The Catholic Thing): “Bad writing suggests confused and lazy thinking. We fix, or at least improve, our reasoning [...]
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Championing awareness and possibility for those with Down syndrome

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day, which was “created to celebrate the lives of people with Down syndrome and to make sure they have [...]
Essay

J.J. Scarisbrick, Life’s Happy Warrior—Requiescat in pace

John Joseph Scarisbrick, MBE, died peacefully on Saturday, February 28th, at 5:40 am with his two beloved daughters, Emma and Sarah, by his side. A [...]
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Vatican synod study group warns of online polarization

A final report from the Synod on Synodality study group on “mission in the digital environment” proposes the possible creation of a dedicated Vatican body [...]

J.J. Scarisbrick, Life’s Happy Warrior—Requiescat in pace

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Edward Short March 3, 2026 2

John Joseph Scarisbrick, MBE, died peacefully on Saturday, February 28th, at 5:40 am with his two beloved daughters, Emma and Sarah, by his side. A towering figure in English Catholic life for over sixty years, [...]

Immigration, enforcement, and Catholics

Columns

James Kalb March 2, 2026 47

Effectively, open borders are a bad idea. That’s true whether they result from explicit policy or from failure to enforce the law effectively. The population of the world outside the United States is about 8 [...]

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Pope Leo, the Joshua Tree, and the Paschal Mystery

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. February 28, 2026 7

I recently returned from delivering a lecture at the annual Los Angeles religious education congress and, as is my custom when possible, turned it into a “bring-a-kid-to-work” adventure. This time, my middle-school daughter and I [...]

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The State of Our Divided Union

Marcus Peter February 27, 2026 13

I was rather disappointed in the recent State of the Union address, but not for the reasons many readers might think. I believe that most Americans watched it the way one watches a meticulously overproduced [...]

Features

Pro-life activist questions inclusion of Candace Owens in speaker’s bureau

Anna Farrow February 26, 2026 97

Amanda Achtman is a Canadian Catholic pro-life advocate. Ethics Director for Canadian Physicians for Life and founder of the Dying to Meet You project, Achtman has built a reputation for herself as an articulate and [...]

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“We need to know where we are going”: An interview with Bishop Erik Varden

Carl E. Olson February 25, 2026 18

Editor’s note: This interview, originally published at CWR on November 14, 2024, is reposted as an introduction to those readers who want to know more about Bishop Erik Varden, who has been leading the Lenten [...]

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No, AI does not have human-level intelligence

Dr. Edward Feser February 24, 2026 10

In an article at Nature, Eddy Keming Chen, Mikhail Belkin, Leon Bergen, and David Danks ask, “Does AI already have human-level intelligence?” and claim that “the evidence is clear” that the answer is Yes. (Though the article [...]

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Actress and producer Siobhan Fallon Hogan reflects on faith, family, and film

Paul Senz February 23, 2026 2

You might not know the name Siobhan Fallon Hogan, but you almost certainly recognize her face. A prominent character actor for the last three decades, she has appeared in films including Forrest Gump, Only You, Men in Black, Holes, Daddy [...]

Immigration, enforcement, and Catholics

James Kalb March 2, 2026 47

Effectively, open borders are a bad idea. That’s true whether they result from explicit policy or from failure to enforce the law effectively. The population of the world outside the United States is about 8 [...]
Pope Leo, the Joshua Tree, and the Paschal Mystery

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. February 28, 2026 7
Making sense of Donald Trump

James Kalb February 2, 2026 240

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 130

Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...]
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 56

Redemptor Hominis: more important than ever

Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Championing awareness and possibility for those with Down syndrome

J.J. Scarisbrick, Life’s Happy Warrior—Requiescat in pace

Vatican synod study group warns of online polarization

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J.J. Scarisbrick, Life’s Happy Warrior—Requiescat in pace

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