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Sold on a promise: How a Catholic network is rescuing Africa’s trafficked youth

“I held my mother and siblings in a warm, tearful embrace of hope,” Pauline (not her real name) recalls. She pauses, offering a wan and [...]
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Anthony Fauci and lukewarm Catholicism

Editor’s note: This essay was posted originally at CWR on December 26, 2023. In a recent BBC interview, Anthony Fauci reflects on his own “complicated” [...]
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On Twenty Years of Twitter—er, X

Twenty years ago, a small social media platform called Twitter was launched into public life. Few imagined that a service built around brief updates would [...]
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The Summer Reading List: 2026

A 2025 YouGov poll revealed some interesting factoids about Americans’ reading habits—or lack thereof. 40% of us didn’t read a book last year. About a [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

5 years after Pope Francis’ Latin Mass restrictions, traditionalist Catholics reflect on ‘Traditionis Custodes’ (America): “Five years after its release, a papal document on the [...]

On Twenty Years of Twitter—er, X

Features

Marcus Peter July 29, 2026 7

Twenty years ago, a small social media platform called Twitter was launched into public life. Few imagined that a service built around brief updates would become one of the principal architects of modern consciousness through [...]

An Educational Perfect Storm

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Dr. Randall B. Smith July 27, 2026 28

The 1991 “perfect storm,” made famous by the movie of that name starring George Clooney, resulted from a rare collision of three distinct weather systems that converged to create an exceptionally massive and destructive storm. [...]

Essay

On the Faith of Saint Anne

Peter M.J. Stravinskas July 26, 2026 2

1Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the Seventeenth Sunday, July 26, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Last Sunday, we considered the centrality of grace in the Christian life and [...]

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Exploring Landscapes of Grace: On the Virtues of Wandering Around Outside

Monica Seeley July 24, 2026 6

I thought of Jeff Gardner’s Landscapes of Grace during a recent mellow evening ramble with my teenage son. I thought of it again last weekend as I slogged uphill on a hot day, with the [...]

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Listening Without Hearing: A Critique of Synodal Study Group 9 on Homosexuality

CWR Contributors July 22, 2026 58

Editor’s note: The following essay was penned by a participant in the Catholic apostolate of Courage. Author’s note: I did not read the official response by Courage International before writing this essay, and thus arrived at [...]

Essay

A Transformative Eucharistic Spirituality

Fr. Robert P. Imbelli July 21, 2026 10

Faced with the urgency of “safeguarding the dignity of the human person in the time of artificial intelligence,” Pope Leo addresses his encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, not only “to all the Catholic faithful,” but also “to all Christians [...]

Features

Bishop Barres, Catholic sisters sue New York over assisted suicide mandates

Tyler Arnold July 20, 2026 41

The bishop said “we will never submit” to “the culture of death” as the Catholic diocese and religious sisters argue that their faith prevents them from participating in physician-assisted suicide. […]

Features

“This constant sword hanging over”: Life as a religious minority in Pakistan

R. Cavanaugh July 19, 2026 2

Blasphemy accusations in Pakistan have been a longstanding problem — one that became far worse in recent years. In 2024, there were reportedly more than 40 times as many cases as there were in 2020. [...]

Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Two

Larry Chapp July 17, 2026 25

In Part One of this essay on Dignitatis Humanae, I made the argument, following Tracey Rowland and Russel Hittinger, that DH should be read minimalistically as a simple affirmation that no person should be forcibly [...]
The mind of Christ and the limits of human logic

James V. Schall, S.J. July 12, 2026 3
Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part One

Larry Chapp July 8, 2026 50

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 180

“Indeed it is through chastity that we are gathered together and led back to the unity from which we were fragmented into multiplicity.” — Saint Augustine, Confessions (quoted in CCC 2340) “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by [...]
The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 131
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 153

Sold on a promise: How a Catholic network is rescuing Africa’s trafficked youth

Anthony Fauci and lukewarm Catholicism

On Twenty Years of Twitter—er, X

The Summer Reading List: 2026

Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

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On Twenty Years of Twitter—er, X

An Educational Perfect Storm

On the Faith of Saint Anne

Exploring Landscapes of Grace: On the Virtues of Wandering Around Outside

Listening Without Hearing: A Critique of Synodal Study Group 9 on Homosexuality

A Transformative Eucharistic Spirituality

Bishop Barres, Catholic sisters sue New York over assisted suicide mandates

“This constant sword hanging over”: Life as a religious minority in Pakistan

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Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Two

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Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Exploring Landscapes of Grace: On the Virtues of Wandering Around Outside

Book chronicles visits to all 94 basilicas in the United States

The Declaration of Independence at 250: An interview with Bradley J. Birzer

Exploring Landscapes of Grace: On the Virtues of Wandering Around Outside

Odysseus and the Passage of Time

Book chronicles visits to all 94 basilicas in the United States

An Educational Perfect Storm

On the Faith of Saint Anne

Listening Without Hearing: A Critique of Synodal Study Group 9 on Homosexuality

“This constant sword hanging over”: Life as a religious minority in Pakistan

“We have lived a lie for 65 years”: Bishop Bushu on Cameroon’s deep divisions

Diocesan Priestly Vocations in the U.S.: A New Look at the Numbers

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