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Massachusetts becomes 11th state with no abortion limits as Gov. Healey signs bill

Enacted legislation removes all of Massachusetts’ restrictions on abortion after 24 weeks and allows elective abortion through all nine months based on the “judgment of the physician.” […]
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Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe

While churches across Western Europe continue to close their doors, repurpose their buildings, or grapple with widespread apathy, Nigeria is experiencing a Catholic awakening that [...]
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The dangers of the political religious choice

In June, the writer, producer, and nonprofit founder Ashley L. Jackson converted to Judaism. That fact itself is somewhat unusual, as only somewhere between 2,000 [...]
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New book on state of higher education offers criticism, insights, questions

First, to be clear, there are positive things to be said about higher education. For instance, what grasp of Latin I possess, I owe largely [...]
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EWTN News explains: What does it mean that the pope is both head of state and head of the Church?

What do the Holy Father’s two roles mean in the context of his day-to-day work as the visible leader of the world’s Catholics? […]

Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe

Features

Ngala Killian Chimtom August 10, 2026 6

While churches across Western Europe continue to close their doors, repurpose their buildings, or grapple with widespread apathy, Nigeria is experiencing a Catholic awakening that defies global trends. With an estimated 35 million Catholics and [...]

On Abortion Pills, Wastewater, and Public Trust

Essay

John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. August 9, 2026 35

One scandal of the COVID era was the alliance between government and some social media platforms to suppress doubt and dissent about the regime—especially compulsory vaccinations—to control the pandemic. A casualty has been the erosion [...]

Essay

Anthony Fauci, his beloved client, and the bureaucratic regime

Joseph K. Woodard August 8, 2026 53

In the late 1980s, while I was finishing my PhD at Claremont Graduate School, President Ronald Reagan appointed my thesis advisor, Dr. William Barclay Allen, to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. A year [...]

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“I think we’re poised for an amazing time in the Church.” An interview with Bp. Gerard W. Battersby

Jim Graves August 7, 2026 18

Bishop Gerard W. Battersby, 66, has served as bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, since 2024. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He and his brother, Chris, are twins and were the youngest [...]

Editorial

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 20

“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...]

Books

Not just another book about abortion: An Interview with Stephen Bujno

Peter M.J. Stravinskas August 6, 2026 10

Stephen Bujno holds a PhD in philosophy and an MA in philosophical anthropology, the field that grounds his new book’s central argument. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of philosophy at Villanova University, where he [...]

Features

The Odyssey is proof that old things still matter—maybe more than ever

Matthew Becklo August 5, 2026 14

Unless you’ve been living in a cave blocked by a rock (and if so, maybe get out of there), you’ve heard about, and likely have already seen, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. The adaptation of Homer’s three-thousand-year-old [...]

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31 Christians killed in Nigeria, including eleven children and a Catholic priest

Ngala Killian Chimtom August 4, 2026 9

CWR-Yaounde: A devastating wave of violence has once again shattered communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, claiming the lives of at least 31 Christians in separate, brutal attacks. In the latest large-scale massacre, 30 Christians, including [...]

Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three

Larry Chapp July 31, 2026 32

“But Jesus remained silent”— Matthew 26:63 Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), affirmed the doctrine of the social kingship of Christ. He thereby kicked back against the tide of the modern political [...]
Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Two

Larry Chapp July 17, 2026 25
The mind of Christ and the limits of human logic

James V. Schall, S.J. July 12, 2026 3

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 20

“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...]
Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 180
The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 131

Massachusetts becomes 11th state with no abortion limits as Gov. Healey signs bill

Nigerian bishop: Africa is not immune to what caused the decline of the Church in Europe

The dangers of the political religious choice

New book on state of higher education offers criticism, insights, questions

EWTN News explains: What does it mean that the pope is both head of state and head of the Church?

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