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Opinion: Reclaiming the culture that made us Catholic

For too long, Catholics in the United States—myself included—have treated the Church as an extension of our political identities, a sociological distortion that has carried [...]
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Finnish court finds Christian parliamentarian guilty of ‘hate speech’

The Supreme Court of Finland has acquitted Päivi Räsänen over her 2019 Bible verse tweet and found her guilty of hate speech over a pamphlet she wrote more than 20 years ago. […]
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“Common sense won out” as state puts children’s interests “above divisive ideologies”

Recent controversies have swirled around whether Christians holding true to their deeply held religious beliefs can serve as foster and/or adoptive parents for children because [...]
Features

The Left’s cancellation of Cesar Chavez looks bad either way

Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared in AMAC’s “Newsline” and is reposted here with kind permission Though the power of the #MeToo movement peaked long [...]
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Venerable Fulton Sheen beatification set for Sept. 24 in St. Louis

The announcement of the beatification Mass in Missouri fell on the the solemnity of the Annunciation, as Sheen “spent his life continuing the work of the Archangel Gabriel.” […]

The Left’s cancellation of Cesar Chavez looks bad either way

Features

David Paul Deavel March 26, 2026 21

Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared in AMAC’s “Newsline” and is reposted here with kind permission Though the power of the #MeToo movement peaked long ago, the Left’s cancellation machine kicked into gear this past [...]

Flannery O’Connor’s “both/and” vision of reality

Essay

Matthew Becklo March 25, 2026 15

In the wake of Flannery O’Connor’s death on March 25, 1965, the Trappist monk and spiritual writer Thomas Merton said, “When I read Flannery O’Connor, I do not think of Hemingway, or Katherine Anne Porter, [...]

Books

Introducing Communio Theology: An interview with Tracey Rowland

Carl E. Olson March 24, 2026 9

Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia). She received her PhD from the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, and her STL and STD [...]

Essay

Cardinal Newman: Doctor of Catholic Education, Part Two

Peter M.J. Stravinskas March 23, 2026 2

Editor’s note: The following is Part Two of an address given to The Thomistic Institute of Fordham University on February 26, 2026 (read Part One). 3. Does a Catholic university have a distinctive curriculum? John Paul [...]

Columns

Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. March 22, 2026 5

It’s no secret that we are inhabiting a moment in which digitalization is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace. Day by day, screens, algorithms, and infrastructures of virtual reality are becoming the dominant frame [...]

Features

The Gift of Down Syndrome

Monica Seeley March 21, 2026 11

Today is the best of all times to be born with Down Syndrome, and the worst of all times. In the United States, some 76 percent of children diagnosed with the genetic disorder in utero [...]

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An unprecedented papal visit approaches in Saint Augustine’s homeland

R. Cavanaugh March 19, 2026 7

The Vatican has announced that, as part of his upcoming African tour, Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria on April 13-15. No acting pontiff has ever visited Algeria, a former stronghold of ancient Christianity whose [...]

Essay

The Lenten fast of St. Patrick atop Ireland’s holy mountain

Father Seán Connolly March 17, 2026 2

As Catholics, we celebrate the saints for their heroic witness to our Christian Faith. Each saint has a day on the Church calendar, which typically falls on the date of death, known as their dies [...]

Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. March 22, 2026 5

It’s no secret that we are inhabiting a moment in which digitalization is reshaping our world at an unprecedented pace. Day by day, screens, algorithms, and infrastructures of virtual reality are becoming the dominant frame [...]
On Tracey Rowland’s important Introduction to Communio Theology

Larry Chapp March 12, 2026 24
Immigration, enforcement, and Catholics

James Kalb March 2, 2026 76

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

Opinion: Reclaiming the culture that made us Catholic

Finnish court finds Christian parliamentarian guilty of ‘hate speech’

“Common sense won out” as state puts children’s interests “above divisive ideologies”

The Left’s cancellation of Cesar Chavez looks bad either way

Venerable Fulton Sheen beatification set for Sept. 24 in St. Louis

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The Left’s cancellation of Cesar Chavez looks bad either way

Flannery O’Connor’s “both/and” vision of reality

Introducing Communio Theology: An interview with Tracey Rowland

Cardinal Newman: Doctor of Catholic Education, Part Two

Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits

The Gift of Down Syndrome

An unprecedented papal visit approaches in Saint Augustine’s homeland

The Lenten fast of St. Patrick atop Ireland’s holy mountain

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Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits

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Introducing Communio Theology: An interview with Tracey Rowland

A unique fairy tale meant to give “Escape and Consolation”

Silence of the Gods chronicles the obscure paganism of eastern Europe

Flannery O’Connor’s “both/and” vision of reality

Cardinal Newman: Doctor of Catholic Education, Part Two

The Lenten fast of St. Patrick atop Ireland’s holy mountain

The Gift of Down Syndrome

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“Our diocese is not a slaughter slab where human beings are butchered”

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