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Archbishop Gänswein: With Pope Leo, “normality” is returning to the Vatican

In an exclusive interview with EWTN News, Pope Benedict XVI’s former secretary said “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican with Pope Leo XIVJan 23, [...]
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Reflections on SCOTUS and transgenderism in women’s sports

On January 13, 2026, the Supreme Court conducted oral arguments in what promise to be blockbuster rulings—Little v. Hecox from Idaho and West Virginia v. B.P.J.—over [...]
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Department of Health and Human Services bars funding research using fetal tissue

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Jan 23, 2026 / 18:34 pm (CNA).
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Thursday that it will stop funding research that uses fetal tissue of aborted babies.Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Nationa… […]
Books

“It is in the sacrament of the Eucharist where we profit from His Passion”

The Eucharist is at the heart of our lives as Catholics, a truth that the Church has long recognized and celebrated. But what does that [...]
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In praise of single-sex dormitories

I live in a female college dorm where men are forbidden. And I wouldn’t change it for the world! I feel safe, I have great [...]

Archbishop Gänswein: With Pope Leo, “normality” is returning to the Vatican

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EWTN News January 23, 2026 0

In an exclusive interview with EWTN News, Pope Benedict XVI’s former secretary said “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican with Pope Leo XIVJan 23, 2026 / 06:27 am (CNA). Archbishop Georg Gänswein says last [...]

“It is in the sacrament of the Eucharist where we profit from His Passion”

Books

Paul Senz January 22, 2026 4

The Eucharist is at the heart of our lives as Catholics, a truth that the Church has long recognized and celebrated. But what does that mean? What role does the Eucharist play in our lives? [...]

Editorial

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 93

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 [...]

Essay

Islam, Iran, and the separation of church and state

Marcus Peter January 20, 2026 6

Public debate surrounding the turmoil in Iran is increasing, and rightly so. Unfortunately, I have observed an increasing default to a tired conclusion, namely that religion itself represents a corrosive threat to political order and [...]

Essay

When words mean anything, they mean nothing(ness)

Kenneth Craycraft January 19, 2026 11

Over the course of a few days in mid-January, the U.S. Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) heard oral argument in a major Title IX case, a U.S. Senate committee held a hearing about the danger of chemical abortions, and [...]

Features

The “Old Mass” and the “Novus Ordo” Mass: Irreconcilable differences?

Father Jerry J. Pokorsky January 18, 2026 180

Editor’s note: This essay was posted originally at CWR on July 3, 2022. “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” (Col. 3:21) The relationship between the preconciliar and postconciliar forms of Mass [...]

Analysis

Iran, the Quran, and the West

Marcus Peter January 17, 2026 60

What is unfolding in Iran today is faithful to the Quran. The present regime represents the mature expression of political Islam as articulated through Quranic command, prophetic precedent, and juridical enforcement. The Iranian theocracy emerged [...]

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Ratzinger v. Kasper: Why the debate matters even more today

Larry Chapp January 17, 2026 29

December 31, 2025, marked the third anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Perhaps, therefore, now is as good a time as any to look back and reflect on his legacy. But why yet [...]

Ratzinger v. Kasper: Why the debate matters even more today

Larry Chapp January 17, 2026 29

December 31, 2025, marked the third anniversary of the death of Pope Benedict XVI. Perhaps, therefore, now is as good a time as any to look back and reflect on his legacy. But why yet [...]
Renewal and the Council: A lawyer’s perspective

James Kalb January 12, 2026 33
Pierre Manent’s challenge to the West is sophisticated, unbound by mere nostalgia

Andrew Petiprin January 8, 2026 6

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 93

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

Archbishop Gänswein: With Pope Leo, “normality” is returning to the Vatican

Reflections on SCOTUS and transgenderism in women’s sports

Department of Health and Human Services bars funding research using fetal tissue

“It is in the sacrament of the Eucharist where we profit from His Passion”

In praise of single-sex dormitories

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