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After the Soviets, a Lithuanian archbishop wants “a deeper meaning of freedom” for his people

July 25, 2018 Deborah Castellano Lubov 4

Lithuanian Christians anticipate Pope Francis’ visit in September while celebrating their country’s 100th anniversary of independence. […]

Analysis

How Politics Becomes Religion

July 15, 2018 Dr. Samuel Gregg 15

The sheer ferocity of contemporary politics suggests that, for many people, it’s their real religion. […]

The Dispatch

Homelands and social doctrines

June 20, 2018 George Weigel 7

St. John Paul II’s recognition of the dynamics of post-Cold War economies was not drawn from his Polish experience, but from intense conversations with western […]

Books

Two new books explore Pope St. John Paul II’s moral convictions, intellectual legacy

June 18, 2018 Filip Mazurczak 2

A Pope and a President by Paul Kengor and Wind From Heaven by Monika Jablonska delve into many unknown or overlooked aspects of John Paul’s […]

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Moral order, the current mess, and a theological reading of history

May 22, 2018 Carl E. Olson 5

“As I explain in several essays in the book,” says George Weigel about The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times, “our politics are […]

The Dispatch

The Holy See, China, and evangelization

May 16, 2018 George Weigel 5

The only real power the Holy See can deploy in 21st-century world politics is the power of moral witness and argument. […]

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Remembering Karl Marx, Prophet of Violence and Terror

May 4, 2018 Dr. Samuel Gregg 14

On the bicentennial of Karl Marx’s birth, the world should be excoriating his ideas and the terrorism they spawned, not excusing or celebrating them. […]

Features

Memory, identity, and patriotism

March 28, 2018 George Weigel 6

As a beneficiary of IPN’s archives, a longtime friend of Poland, and a grateful recipient of that country’s highest award for contributions to Polish culture, […]

Analysis

For both Church and state, appeasement is a bad idea

March 12, 2018 Garnett Genuis 7

Making concessions to the Chinese government with regard to the appointment of bishops could very well hurt the Church’s ability to be an authentic and […]

The Dispatch

Cardinal Zen: Chinese Catholics’ “continuous harassments…would take volumes to be narrated.”

March 9, 2018 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 14

I would like the express my gratitude to Cardinal Zen for agreeing to answer a few questions for Catholic World Report at this crucial moment in the history of the Catholic Church in China. Over […]

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