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Nearly half of 2,500 anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe were in France, report says

The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, was ravaged by arson on the night of Sept. 2, 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Sébastien Roussel

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A great Christian witness, too little known in the West

The Venerable Andrei Sheptytsky, who died eighty years ago on November 1, 1944, was one of 20th-century Catholicism’s outstanding figures, whose remarkable life and heroic ministry [...]
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Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how [...]
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Indifference and the Eucharist Do Not Mix – “As any decently catechized Catholic knows, reception of Holy Communion indicates full and public communion with the [...]
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On our need for sanctity, weirdness, and wild gratuity

Deep nihilism and deceptive scientism Our culture is nihilistic. This is a fundamental premise that guides almost everything I write about. The deep nihilism of [...]

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Editorial

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 36

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...]

On our need for sanctity, weirdness, and wild gratuity

Chapp's Schtick

Larry Chapp November 19, 2024 12

Deep nihilism and deceptive scientism Our culture is nihilistic. This is a fundamental premise that guides almost everything I write about. The deep nihilism of modernity is the air that we breathe—our deep worldview of [...]

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Cause for conflict: The Catholic Church and property rights in American law

Kevin Schmiesing November 18, 2024 5

In what is now a decades-long trend, reports of American Catholic dioceses declaring bankruptcy continue to filter into the news. To a large extent, this financial retreat is fallout from the ongoing clergy sexual abuse [...]

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Pro-lifers must resist Trump on abortion and IVF

Dr. Edward Feser November 17, 2024 90

Pro-lifers should rejoice in the defeat of Kamala Harris, and of the Democratic Party, which remains the greatest threat to the unborn in American politics. But they cannot rest, because their job is only half [...]

Essay

On the history and feast of the “Protection of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn”

Father Seán Connolly November 16, 2024 2

An intriguing medieval fresco can be found in the church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune in Strasbourg, France. It depicts fifteen kings processing by horseback, each carrying a standard bearing the name of his respective nation. The image [...]

Features

“We need to know where we are going”: An interview with Bishop Erik Varden

Carl E. Olson November 14, 2024 15

Bishop Erik Varden was born in Norway in 1974, into a non-practicing Lutheran family, and entered the Catholic Church in June 1993. In 2002, after ten years of study at the University of Cambridge, he [...]

Features

Catholic Imagination Conference, focused on past and future, continues to grow

Michael Mastromatteo November 13, 2024 4

NOTRE DAME, IN – What began nine years ago as a small-scale effort to re-emphasize a Catholic consciousness in fiction, poetry, and other fine arts has now grown into something much more comprehensive. The Biennial [...]

Features

Liturgical Musical Chairs

Peter M.J. Stravinskas November 12, 2024 36

By now, most readers will have heard about the whiplash emanating from the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, as Bishop Shawn McKnight’s decree of October 28 on liturgical music was revoked by November 5. The original document arose from [...]

On our need for sanctity, weirdness, and wild gratuity

Larry Chapp November 19, 2024 12

Deep nihilism and deceptive scientism Our culture is nihilistic. This is a fundamental premise that guides almost everything I write about. The deep nihilism of modernity is the air that we breathe—our deep worldview of [...]
Étienne Gilson and post-conciliar theology

Dr. Christopher Shannon November 9, 2024 19
Scripture, science, and non-believers: Further insights from Benedict XVI

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. November 6, 2024 13

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 36

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...]
Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report

Carl E. Olson November 2, 2024 25
Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 57

Nearly half of 2,500 anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe were in France, report says

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