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Pregnant at 43: How the unexpected led a mom to choose life (and make a movie)

When you hear about unintended or surprise pregnancies, the demographic that likely pops into your head is young people, perhaps those 25 and under. But [...]
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Catholic Social Thought: An Election Primer

The Church has always taught that the Gospel bears social implications, shaping how Christians live in the world. Catholic Social Teaching (CST), however, developed only [...]
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Blessed Fulton Sheen’s Holy Hour and the new film “Adore Him”

Growing up as a cousin of Blessed Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Rosemarie Holliger Costello had an up-close look at the powerful love he had for [...]
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A note about technical issues with the CWR site

Dear Reader, You have undoubtedly noticed that the Catholic World Report site has been difficult to access for several days. It has been timing out [...]
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Pope warns that ‘watering down’ Christianity’s demands won’t make it more attractive

Leo also recalled the Oct. 7 liturgical memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary and emphasized the importance of this traditional Marian prayer. […]

The Pauline Leo

Essay

Fr. Robert P. Imbelli October 6, 2026 9

Pope Leo’s fine homilies and speeches during his recent apostolic journey to France have been amply applauded and extensively commented upon. His homilies at the Place de la Concorde and at Lourdes, his addresses to [...]

The durability of wokeness

Columns

James Kalb October 5, 2026 34

In 2020, I wrote a column about wokeness, the view that group inequalities are intolerable evils, caused solely by institutionalized bigotry, that must urgently be extirpated. I said that its ambition and moralism allow no [...]

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Pope Leo XIV and Europe

Filip Mazurczak October 3, 2026 5

During the 2013 conclave, many European cardinal electors likely voted for Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentinian-born son of an Italian immigrant, with the hope that he would bridge Europe, the traditional heartland of the Church, [...]

Essay

Active Participation Revisited

Adam Bartlett October 1, 2026 24

Nearly ten years ago, I found myself in Rome for a private audience with Cardinal Robert Sarah, the then-Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, in order to share [...]

Essay

Cardinal McElroy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and The Social Contract

Dr. Thomas R. Rourke September 30, 2026 16

On September 26, Cardinal Robert McElroy delivered a speech titled “A Social Contract for the Digital Age” at St. Anselm’s Abbey School in Washington, D.C. The talk summarized how the concept of social contract needs [...]

Books

New book addresses conflicts over abortion, gender treatments, conscience

Paul Senz September 29, 2026 10

There is perhaps no more polarizing issue in American society than abortion. Other contentious issues include so-called gender issues, sexual morality, and the role of and rights related to conscience. A new book by Christopher [...]

Essay

“In the presence of the angels I will praise Thee…”

Sandra Miesel September 29, 2026 39

Popular culture reflects the true nature of angels as faithfully as a funhouse mirror. It shows glorious incorporeal spirits in fanciful shapes, from pudgy winged babies to ethereal Nature goddesses, and turns these false images [...]

Essay

Evangelization and Blessed Fulton J. Sheen

Peter M.J. Stravinskas September 27, 2026 3

Editor’s note: The following homily was delivered on September 27, 2026, at the Oratory of Saints Gregory and Augustine, St. Louis, within the celebration of the Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. The most important [...]

The durability of wokeness

James Kalb October 5, 2026 34

In 2020, I wrote a column about wokeness, the view that group inequalities are intolerable evils, caused solely by institutionalized bigotry, that must urgently be extirpated. I said that its ambition and moralism allow no [...]
9/11 Revisited

James V. Schall, S.J. September 11, 2026 37
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

Larry Chapp September 2, 2026 16

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 22

“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 132

Pregnant at 43: How the unexpected led a mom to choose life (and make a movie)

Blessed Fulton Sheen’s Holy Hour and the new film “Adore Him”

A note about technical issues with the CWR site

Pope warns that ‘watering down’ Christianity’s demands won’t make it more attractive

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New book addresses conflicts over abortion, gender treatments, conscience

“In the presence of the angels I will praise Thee…”

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The durability of wokeness

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Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

New book addresses conflicts over abortion, gender treatments, conscience

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Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

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