Catholic World Report
Catholic World Report

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
  • Home
  • Columns
    • Chapp’s Schtick
    • Ecclesia et Civitas
    • God’s First
    • God’s Two Books
    • The Past Present
  • Features
    • Analysis
    • Books
    • Editorial
    • Essay
    • Film & Music
    • History
    • Interview
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Special Report
  • The Dispatch
  • Topics
    • Pope Francis
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • Books
    • Canon Law
    • All Topics
  • About CWR
  • Advertise
  • Donate
News Briefs
  • [ June 15, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV on Holy Trinity Sunday: God’s ‘dynamic’ love opens humanity to encounter   News Briefs
  • [ June 15, 2025 ] He fought porn addiction for 23 years — now he helps other men find freedom News Briefs
  • [ June 15, 2025 ] Meet the fathers behind the Church’s 4 most recent popes News Briefs
  • [ June 14, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV encourages young people to be ‘beacons of hope’ at Chicago event News Briefs
  • [ June 14, 2025 ] ‘Senseless violence’: Minnesota Catholic leaders respond to shooting, murder of lawmakers News Briefs

Karol Wojtyla

The Dispatch

Memo to Gen Z Catholics: Why Vatican II is still important

February 15, 2023 George Weigel 66

Mr. Adam Lucas, who is “newly married with a baby on the way” (mazel tov!) and “has a Master’s in Theology,” speaks for a depressing number of Gen Z Catholics when he writes on the […]

Analysis

The Good, the Bad, and Gaudium et Spes

October 12, 2022 Tracey Rowland 1

It is easy to be critical of Gaudium et Spes as a document pushed through at the end of the Second Vatican Council when the Holy Spirit was out to lunch or the Conciliar fathers […]

The Dispatch

You will be contradicted: The Christological challenge of Karol Wojtyla

August 26, 2021 Casey Chalk 7

One of the greatest threats to the Christian life is not necessarily the alluring temptations that entice us or the unexpected disasters that shake us, but the slow, almost imperceptible erosion of our appreciation for […]

Essay

The educational pilgrimage of St. John Paul II and its impact on the world

February 22, 2021 George Weigel 5

Editor’s note: The Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based public policy research center, has just published a groundbreaking study, A Vision of Hope: Catholic Schooling in Massachusetts. The book explores the history and achievements of Catholic education […]

Features

New Life in Catholic Theater: Catholic Young Adult and Lolek

November 16, 2020 David Paul Deavel 4

If it is true, as writer Ross Douthat would have it, that we live in an age of decadence characterized by sterile remakes, reboots, and revivals of earlier artistic works, it is also true that […]

The Dispatch

A Saintly View of Vatican II: On St. John Paul II and the Council

October 22, 2020 Douglas Bushman 44

Editor’s note: This essay, which originally appeared at CWR on May 31, 2020, is reposted in honor of St. John Paul II’s feast day. “By canonizing some of the faithful, i.e., by solemnly proclaiming that […]

Books

Wojtyla’s Athenian catechesis: An antidote to the culture of veriphobia

May 17, 2020 Eduardo Echeverria 4

Archbishop Karol Wojtyla’s newly discovered 1965 reflections on St. Paul’s discourse at the Areopagus (Acts 17: 16-32), Mars Hill, is the starting point for Wojtyla’s cycle of catecheses in this book, Teachings for an Unbelieving […]

Analysis

Provisional agreement between China and Holy See raises many questions, highlights tensions

September 22, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 18

The Holy See and the People’s Republic of China announced a provisional agreement on questions of common interest on Saturday. Under the terms of the deal, Pope Francis “readmit[s] to full ecclesial communion the remaining […]

Books

Marengo’s Lament: ‘The Birth of an Encyclical’ unwittingly confirms old truths

July 24, 2018 E. Christian Brugger 12

Pope Paul VI had no doubts about the truth of the doctrinal teaching he set forth in Humanae Vitae, but that he knew given the […]

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 […]

Posts navigation

1 2 »

The Dispatch: More from CWR

  • James Joyce’s Debt of Love

    Joshua Hren June 16, 2025 0
  • “The Trinity: Three Persons in One Nature” by Frank Sheed

    CWR Staff June 15, 2025 28
  • Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s address to Catholics in Chicago

    Catholic News Agency June 15, 2025 0
  • The Trinity: A Mystery for Eternity

    Carl E. Olson June 14, 2025 7

Follow CWR on Facebook

  • James Joyce’s Debt of Love
  • Fighting fires and growing in faith: An interview with Benjamin O’Brien
  • “The Trinity: Three Persons in One Nature” by Frank Sheed
  • Pope Leo XIV on Holy Trinity Sunday: God’s ‘dynamic’ love opens humanity to encounter  
  • Full text of Pope Leo XIV’s address to Catholics in Chicago
  • He fought porn addiction for 23 years — now he helps other men find freedom
  • Meet the fathers behind the Church’s 4 most recent popes
abortion Americas Asia - Pacific Catholic Church Catholic News COVID-19 Eucharist Europe Jesus Christ Middle East - Africa Pope Francis pro-life prolife prolife2023 prolife2024 religious freedom Ukraine Ukraine War US Vatican Vatican news
  • Didn't Think So: I believe that breathing with both lungs means is that we should strive towards unity and learn the traditions from…
  • Samuel: Thank you Carl for simplifying the mystery of the Holy Trinity; A theological mystery, such as the Trinity is a…
  • Phillip Panczuk: Since Pope Leo XIV has prayed publicly in Latin many times since he was elected, maybe he could throw out…

Join Our Free Newsletter

Daily
Weekly


 
Search CWR
Follow Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email (Weekly Newsletter)
  • RSS
Recent Comments
  • Didn't Think So on Why we need the Eastern Churches, in Pope Leo XIV’s own words
  • Samuel on The Trinity: A Mystery for Eternity
  • Phillip Panczuk on Pope Leo XIV encourages young people to be ‘beacons of hope’ at Chicago event
  • Paul Rasavage on Annual report finds there are ‘not enough’ deacons being ordained in the U.S.
  • Peter D. Beaulieu on Imagine Liturgical Peace
Also on CWR
General

God and Basketball at UConn

Anne Hendershott January 30, 2014 0

With eight national championships and an Olympic gold medal, Geno Auriemma, the University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach, is idolized by Connecticut sports fans. This is why Catholics attending Mass last Sunday at St. Mary’s […]

  • Home
  • About / Contact
  • Free Newsletter
  • Advertising
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

© Catholic World Report

Our Spring Sale Has Started

You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/

A FAITHFULLY CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE

Sign up to receive a weekly email with news, analysis, and commentary from a voice you can trust!

* indicates required


Daily
Weekly