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Essay

The Prophetic Witness of St. John Paul II

April 1, 2025 Carl E. Olson 19

Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared on CWR on April 1, 2015, and is reposted here, in slightly different form, to mark the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005. […]

The Dispatch

Contemplating life and love with St. Pope John Paul II

April 1, 2025 Susan Ciancio 2

Twenty years ago, on April 2, 2005, St. John Paul II died, ending his 26-year pontificate. Throughout his long pontificate, he boldly taught the importance of building a culture of life. In Evangelium Vitae (given […]

Columns

Creation’s Rebellion: What changed after the Fall?

April 1, 2024 Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. 18

When faced with the question of why there is so much suffering in the world, the default Christian answer is because of Adam’s sin. This belief is certainly not without warrant. Indeed, a number of […]

Features

Answering Six Objections from the SSPX

March 14, 2023 Andrew Bartel 250

Bishop Athanasius Schneider has recently thrown down the glove in an interview with LifeSiteNews, claiming that those of us who believe the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) is still in schism have “a very […]

Features

A Catholic Response to Gender Identity Theory addresses “tsunami” of gender ideology

February 16, 2023 Jim Graves 40

Archbishop Alexander Sample of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon released A Catholic Response to Gender Identity Theory: Catechesis and Pastoral Guidelines on January 25th. In an introductory letter, he explained that its purpose is […]

Essay

Speech of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Prefect to the German bishops

December 5, 2022 CWR Staff 29

Editor’s note: The following is the full text of the speech given on Nov. 18, 2022, by His Eminence Luis Francisco Cardinal Ladaria Ferrer, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to […]

Features

The pressing task for Catholic universities: An interview with Dr. Jonathan J. Sanford

August 18, 2022 Jesse Russell 13

Dr. Jonathan J. Sanford is President of the University of Dallas as well as a Professor of Philosophy. Sanford was at Franciscan University of Steubenville for thirteen years before joining the University of Dallas in […]

Chapp's Schtick

The undermining of John Paul II in the name of Veritatis Splendor continues

July 14, 2022 Larry Chapp 228

Pedro Gabriel has penned a response to my most recent CWR article, which focused on the moral theology of Pope Francis. Gabriel’s essay is full of the kind of sophistry one has come to expect […]

Essay

Fathers who follow Christ to the Cross

June 19, 2022 Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers 4

Twenty-seven years ago, my life changed forever. When my wife Colleen and I were married, we made a permanent decision to love; to give ourselves to each other freely and completely. In doing this, we […]

Chapp's Schtick

Is Vatican II “spent”? A reply to Michael Pakaluk: Part II

April 19, 2022 Larry Chapp 50

Michael Pakaluk, in his February 2022 essay “Is Vatican II ‘Spent’?”, says that what we now need, precisely in order to advance the aims of Vatican II, is a Vatican III: We need a new […]

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I was chagrined, but not entirely surprised, when I read Woody Allen’s recent ruminations on ultimate things.  To state it bluntly, Woody could not be any bleaker in regard to the issue of meaning in […]

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