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Catholicism in Iceland: Growing and standing strong amid an “LGBT dictatorship”

Technically part of Europe but floating on its own in the middle of the Atlantic, Iceland has recently emerged as a country where the Church [...]
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President Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV sparks global reaction

Politicians and faith leaders around the world condemned President Donald Trump’s comments about the American pontiff. […]
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New York State seeks to order Dominican Sisters to violate Church teaching

New York State Governor Cathy Hochul, a Catholic, who has never met a statute or policy opposing Church teachings she was unwilling to support, signed 2023’s LGBT Long-Term Care Facility [...]
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Trump blasts Pope Leo as ‘weak’ and ‘terrible for foreign policy’

The U.S. president’s social media broadside and comments to reporters came as the pope prepared to depart for an 11-day trip to Africa. […]
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Voyage Comic Books tell powerful stories in new ways

Back in the late 80s and into the 90s, even as an unphilosophical teenager and avid consumer of comic books, I was well aware of [...]

A Realist Outline of History, Part One

Essay

Joseph K. Woodard April 12, 2026 6

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part essay. Most diagnoses of our current cultural malaise have focused on either of two narrower causes: the ideological and idealistic, or the organizational and materialistic. [...]

Mark Houck awarded seven-figure settlement in lawsuit against DOJ

Features

Monica Seeley April 11, 2026 13

Mark Houck, the Pennsylvania father of nine and pro-life advocate whose 2022 arrest made national headlines, has won a seven-figure settlement in federal court. Shawn Carney, President of 40 Days for Life, announced the settlement [...]

Features

Amid war and migration, Pope Leo XIV to bring message of religious freedom to North Africa

Ngala Killian Chimtom April 10, 2026 5

As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his apostolic journey to Africa, the shadow of regional conflict and the plight of migrants loom large over the continent’s northern shores. Algeria, the first stop of [...]

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In gratitude for the Ordinariate

Larry Chapp April 8, 2026 50

Recently, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a document on the importance of the Anglican Ordinariates. The text has a long and rather awkward title: “Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived [...]

Columns

How much emphasis on politics? And to what end?

James Kalb April 7, 2026 42

People today expect politics to give more than it can, often to the point of secular utopianism. There are two basic reasons for that. The first is a decline in transcendental faith. People need an [...]

Books

Disenchantment or Desecration? An interview with Carl R. Trueman

Carl E. Olson April 6, 2026 42

Carl R. Trueman is a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, as well as a prolific author. Last year, we conversed [...]

Features

The Relevance of the Resurrection

Dr. Randall B. Smith April 5, 2026 22

Christ’s glorified body tells us that the promise of eternal life which Jesus’s death and resurrection has opened up for us results not in obliteration […]

Features

Claire Lai: “My dad wants people to reflect on Our Savior’s suffering for us…”

Jim Graves April 4, 2026 1

Claire Lai, daughter of imprisoned Hong Kong democracy advocate and devout Catholic convert Jimmy Lai, has become a prominent advocate for the release of her 78-year-old father, believing his conviction for colluding with foreign Chinese [...]

In gratitude for the Ordinariate

Larry Chapp April 8, 2026 50

Recently, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a document on the importance of the Anglican Ordinariates. The text has a long and rather awkward title: “Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived [...]
How much emphasis on politics? And to what end?

James Kalb April 7, 2026 42
Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. March 22, 2026 5

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 131

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

Catholicism in Iceland: Growing and standing strong amid an “LGBT dictatorship”

President Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV sparks global reaction

New York State seeks to order Dominican Sisters to violate Church teaching

Trump blasts Pope Leo as ‘weak’ and ‘terrible for foreign policy’

Voyage Comic Books tell powerful stories in new ways

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