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Saint Charles Borromeo: Son of the Church and a true reformer

When Saint Charles Borromeo was born in 1538, Protestant teachings had already swept all over Europe. Wars had erupted between Catholics and Protestants in Germany, [...]
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Italian Basilica of St. Benedict reopens 9 years after it was destroyed by earthquake

Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2025 / 10:00 am The Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy, reopened for worship this weekend after a four-year project [...]
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America’s Most Fruitful Dioceses: A Look at the Numbers

The median Latin-rite diocese in the United States has one infant baptism per year for every 113 Catholics, one non-infant reception into the Church per [...]
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Peter Kreeft’s Joyful Apologia

For Catholics, the end of October marked the beginning of Hallowtide—All Hallows’ Eve, or Halloween, All Hallows (All Saints), and All Souls. For Protestant Christians [...]
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Catholic leader: Religious sects, terrorist groups are “two wolves “preying on African youths

Nelson Moda, the head of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Mozambique and a lecturer at the Catholic University of Mozambique, has described religious sects and [...]

America’s Most Fruitful Dioceses: A Look at the Numbers

Analysis

J. J. Ziegler November 3, 2025 6

The median Latin-rite diocese in the United States has one infant baptism per year for every 113 Catholics, one non-infant reception into the Church per year for every 413 Catholics, one wedding per year for [...]

Catholic leader: Religious sects, terrorist groups are “two wolves “preying on African youths

Features

Ngala Killian Chimtom November 2, 2025 4

Nelson Moda, the head of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Mozambique and a lecturer at the Catholic University of Mozambique, has described religious sects and terrorist groups as “the two wolves” that prey on the [...]

Essay

A Eucharistic Way of Life

Fr. Robert B. Imbelli November 1, 2025 4

Some fifty years ago, I spent a five-day retreat on a small island off the coast of Mystic, Connecticut. On each day of the retreat, I concentrated my meditation upon a chapter of Saint Paul’s [...]

Books

Why is a religious sister writing vampire novels? An interview with Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP

Paul Senz October 31, 2025 2

A new novel about a young woman and a mysterious vampire explores the question: Is any soul beyond saving? In The Curse He Chose, by Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP, God’s boundless mercy is on full [...]

Essay

John Henry Newman, Natural Religion, and the Mystery of Faith

Edward Short October 30, 2025 9

Editor’s note: On Monday, November 1st—All Saints’ Day—St. John Henry Newman will be proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV. This essay is published here in honor of that proclamation and the [...]

Books

The challenge of Saint Carlo: To love Jesus and know Him in the Eucharist

Paul Senz October 28, 2025 2

In the age of mass media, particularly with the influence and ubiquity of the internet, there have been several incredibly high-profile canonizations of new saints in recent years. These include Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Saint [...]

Books

Language, Memory, and Community

Kenneth Craycraft October 27, 2025 9

“My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of wartime,” says Captain Charles Ryder in Evelyn Waugh’s novel, Brideshead Revisited. “These memories, which are my life—for we possess nothing certain [...]

Columns

Charity, liberty, and the contested history of the American story

Dr. Christopher Shannon October 26, 2025 10

In my previous essay, I proposed the idea of a “1531 Project” as a possible Catholic intervention into the contemporary culture wars over how properly to tell the story of American history. In this essay, [...]

Charity, liberty, and the contested history of the American story

Dr. Christopher Shannon October 26, 2025 10

In my previous essay, I proposed the idea of a “1531 Project” as a possible Catholic intervention into the contemporary culture wars over how properly to tell the story of American history. In this essay, [...]
On the liberal, petty, and hypocritical attacks on Bishop Robert Barron

Larry Chapp October 20, 2025 79
Reflections on Dilexi Te, the first magisterial document of Leo XIV’s papacy

Larry Chapp October 10, 2025 96

The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 51

There are no first, second or third-class Catholics, no.… Please, let us get used to listening to each other, to talking, not cutting our heads off for a word. To listen, to discuss in a [...]
Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 130
Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report

Carl E. Olson November 2, 2024 29

Saint Charles Borromeo: Son of the Church and a true reformer

Italian Basilica of St. Benedict reopens 9 years after it was destroyed by earthquake

America’s Most Fruitful Dioceses: A Look at the Numbers

Peter Kreeft’s Joyful Apologia

Catholic leader: Religious sects, terrorist groups are “two wolves “preying on African youths

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America’s Most Fruitful Dioceses: A Look at the Numbers

Catholic leader: Religious sects, terrorist groups are “two wolves “preying on African youths

A Eucharistic Way of Life

Why is a religious sister writing vampire novels? An interview with Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP

John Henry Newman, Natural Religion, and the Mystery of Faith

The challenge of Saint Carlo: To love Jesus and know Him in the Eucharist

Language, Memory, and Community

Charity, liberty, and the contested history of the American story

Columns

Charity, liberty, and the contested history of the American story

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The Future of Synodality

Why is a religious sister writing vampire novels? An interview with Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP

The challenge of Saint Carlo: To love Jesus and know Him in the Eucharist

New book on Pascal’s defense of Christianity offers insights, corrections, encouragement

Why is a religious sister writing vampire novels? An interview with Sr. Allison Regina Gliot, FSP

The challenge of Saint Carlo: To love Jesus and know Him in the Eucharist

Language, Memory, and Community

A Eucharistic Way of Life

John Henry Newman, Natural Religion, and the Mystery of Faith

Language, Memory, and Community

Catholic leader: Religious sects, terrorist groups are “two wolves “preying on African youths

Nigerian church leaders welcome conclusions confirming Christian genocide

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