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After Maduro’s capture, there’s hope for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, leader says

Artist’s sketch of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores at the New York courthouse where they appeared Jan. 5, 2025. Photos and videos are prohibited, hence this illustration, but journalists are allowed to be present. | Credit: CNN

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The late great George Pell and his enemies, part 1

On January 10, 2023, George Pell, cardinal-priest of the Catholic Church and former archbishop of Sydney and Melbourne, died suddenly the day after undergoing hip [...]
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On media attempts to misrepesent papal remarks about Venezuela

Pope Leo’s recent comments on the United States military operation in Venezuela were quickly labeled left‑leaning by some media outlets, including The Daily Beast, Yahoo News, [...]
Columns

Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

In the middle of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal was not alone in worrying that his nation and continent were no longer Christian enough. Today, [...]
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Opinion: Why do young priests leave?

Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the Vatican II documents, Optatam Totius and Presbyterorum Ordinis, both dealing with the Sacred Priesthood, Pope Leo penned an apostolic letter titled “A Fidelity [...]

Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

Columns

Andrew Petiprin January 8, 2026 2

In the middle of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal was not alone in worrying that his nation and continent were no longer Christian enough. Today, the idea of a Christian society is much farther removed [...]

Making sense of the Leonine pontificate: An interview with Christopher R. Altieri

Books

Carl E. Olson January 7, 2026 12

“To understand the depth of the issues and why Leo might be the perfect man for the job,” said Ken Craycraft in his CWR review of Christopher R. Altieri’s new book, Leo XIV: The New Pope and Catholic [...]

Essay

Addressing the cold lie about the “warmth of collectivism”

Marcus Peter January 6, 2026 46

Bishop Robert Barron tweeted in response to Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural address last week, accomplishing something increasingly rare in public discourse, since he cut through rhetorical fog and exposed a philosophical fault line that modern politics [...]

Books

Bigger on the inside than the outside

David Paul Deavel January 5, 2026 5

Christmas is the season of pondering the paradox of the Incarnation itself. What was found in the stable at Bethlehem was far greater than everything outside. This is no mere poetic exaggeration. The infinite God [...]

Essay

My Christmas-tide Adventure with Mother Wilhelmina

Monica Seeley January 5, 2026 7

I was quiet as my book club discussed a book of Christmas stories. As I listened, my mind roved over the busy year reaching its close. Then I remembered last December and knew I had [...]

Essay

A Cathedral Fit for Three Kings

Father Seán Connolly January 4, 2026 5

In all my travels, I have beheld few if any more impressive sights than the breathtaking Gothic behemoth of Kölner Dom, “Cologne Cathedral,” illumined at night, bathed in golden-white light, with its twin towers rising above [...]

Features

Civil society in the U.S. is a dead man walking

Kenneth Craycraft January 2, 2026 34

At the beginning of episode seven of the second season of the TV series “Breaking Bad,” a mariachi band sings a Mexican corrido, or narrative ballad, about the show’s antihero protagonist Walter White. In the song, [...]

Essay

Chesterton, Retirement, and Abnegation

David Fagerberg, Ph.D. January 1, 2026 9

I do not intend in these remarks to look at Chesterton in his retirement, for the simple fact that he never seems to have retired. He finished writing his autobiography a few weeks before his [...]

Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

Andrew Petiprin January 8, 2026 2

In the middle of the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal was not alone in worrying that his nation and continent were no longer Christian enough. Today, the idea of a Christian society is much farther removed [...]
The “True” Islam

James V. Schall, S.J. December 14, 2025 52
Equality and the American Founding: A Catholic perspective

Dr. Christopher Shannon December 11, 2025 33

The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released today a “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” (Mater Populi Fidelis), and it has raised a few eyebrows along with [...]
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 54
Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 130

After Maduro’s capture, there’s hope for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, leader says

The late great George Pell and his enemies, part 1

On media attempts to misrepesent papal remarks about Venezuela

Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

Opinion: Why do young priests leave?

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