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The Kingdom is not thing; the Kingdom is a Person

November 24, 2023 Carl E. Olson 5

Readings: • Ezek 34:11-12, 15-17 • Psa 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6 • 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28 • Matt 25:31-46 Sacred Scripture is bursting with kings. With close to 3,000 references to kings, it’s safe to say […]

Essay

Synodal myopia in light of synodality in the family and apostolates

November 23, 2023 Douglas Bushman 15

This essay is occasioned by (1) the conclusion of the first session of the Synodal Assembly (October, 4–29, 2023) on the theme “For a Synodal Church. Communion, Participation, Mission,” marking the beginning of an interim […]

Analysis

Important points in Laudate Deum are overshadowed by missed opportunities

October 5, 2023 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 30

Editor’s note: This is the first of several essays on the recently released apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum that CWR will posting over the next week.   Days before its October 4 release, social media was […]

Analysis

The Sacramental Nature of Authority and the Limits of Synodality

September 22, 2023 Nicholas J. Healy, Jr. 72

St. Ignatius of Loyola’s first rule for thinking with the Church is: “We must put aside all judgement of our own, and keep the mind every ready and prompt to obey in all things, the […]

Analysis

Why Ratzinger and Wojtyła were correct about liberation theology

September 21, 2023 Filip Mazurczak 15

The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on the final day of 2022 presents a continued opportunity to revisit and evaluate his legacy as a theologian, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the […]

Columns

Called to be a man in Christ, not a Nietzschean superman

August 11, 2023 Andrew Petiprin 11

When I was a young man, I loved Peter Weir’s 1989 boarding school drama Dead Poets Society, featuring Robin Williams in one of his most celebrated roles. Back then, I admired Williams’s character, Mr. Keating, […]

The Dispatch

The fruits of environmentalism and of social justice (Part 1)

August 1, 2023 Theodore Misiak 9

An emerging trend among Catholic institutions of higher education is to see themselves as direct agents of social justice. Many host social justice events, institute policies such as socially responsible investing and promote awareness of […]

The Dispatch

Ten theological principles from Pope Benedict XVI for the current crisis

May 24, 2023 Carl E. Olson 3

Over the past three months, the men’s reading group I’ve helped lead for 19 years has been discussing The Divine Project: Reflections on Creation and the Church (Ignatius Press, 2023) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Our […]

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The progressive revolution’s continued control of the ecclesial narrative

May 18, 2023 Larry Chapp 98

Vatican II was unique in the history of councils insofar as the crisis it was called to address was not a specific and well-defined theological heresy. Rather, it was called to address the crisis presented […]

Essay

Remembering and reflecting on Joseph Ratzinger’s Gospel of Love

May 11, 2023 Conor Sweeney 18

It is no easy thing to sum up the thought of a man whose academic and ecclesial career spans some of the most tumultuous and epochal recent historical events in Church and world, whose written […]

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Pope Benedict’s final Angelus address

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Thousands of pilgrims began gathering at St. Peter’s Square at dawn today, to be present for Pope Benedict XVI’s final Angelus address. From Vatican Radio’s report: They had come in their thousands, pouring into the […]

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