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St. Charles Borromeo and the key principles of Catholic reform

The Catholic Counter-Reformation of the second half of the sixteenth century had many important protagonists. One man who did the most to advance the cause [...]
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Priming the soul for the mystery and miraculous nature of life in Christ

Fairy tales have been part of the Christian tradition for a long, long time, and some of the most brilliant and insightful minds have opined [...]
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White Martyr Family

Imagine yourself seventy-eight, diabetic, falsely convicted in a sham trial of threatening national security, imprisoned for over 2,200 days in a maximum-security solitary confinement cell [...]
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The mission: Pope Leo XIV in South America

A pontiff returns to the continent that shaped his vocation. […]
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Man, Machine, and Jeremy Bentham’s Head

When you grow up in Western New York, as I did, you learn two things about the Niagara River. First, it’s great for swimming and [...]

Priming the soul for the mystery and miraculous nature of life in Christ

Books

Paul Senz November 4, 2026 1

Fairy tales have been part of the Christian tradition for a long, long time, and some of the most brilliant and insightful minds have opined on their importance. J.R.R. Tolkien, in his marvelous essay “On [...]

Man, Machine, and Jeremy Bentham’s Head

Essay

Francis X. Maier November 2, 2026 6

When you grow up in Western New York, as I did, you learn two things about the Niagara River. First, it’s great for swimming and boating. Second, don’t get caught in the current. Past a [...]

Essay

“God is glorious in His saints”: St. John Henry Newman and All Saints

Peter M.J. Stravinskas November 1, 2026 3

Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the Solemnity of All Saints, 1 November 2026, at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, New Jersey. St. Paul tells us that “God is glorious [...]

Features

Rome excoriates publisher of a “credibly accused” list

Michael J. Mazza October 31, 2026 32

In a shockingly frank judicial decision—decided in June 2025 but made available in English just last week in the canon law journal of St. Paul University in Ottawa1—the Roman Rota, the rough equivalent of the [...]

Essay

A Convert from Communism

Michael J. Miller October 30, 2026 13

As World War II was brewing, the Communist newspaper in London ran an “exposé” about the supposed Fascist connections of G. K. Chesterton’s Weekly Review. The articles were hastily written by Douglas Hyde, who was [...]

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She reported on a “prairie fire from hell”: Author Donna Steichen dies at 97

Monica Seeley October 29, 2026 11

The year was 1985. A nun in a zip-up velour robe was demonstrating liturgical dance at my all-girls high school. Spotlighted onstage in the darkened auditorium, she swayed and bowed, long grey hair falling to [...]

Features

Opinion: The Twelve Bishops and Trump—Controversy and Context

Peter M.J. Stravinskas October 28, 2026 82

On October 22, twelve American successors to the Apostles cleared up a conundrum that has baffled theologians for centuries: What is the unpardonable sin against the Holy Spirit? Thanks to them, we now know: it [...]

Essay

The Gospel, not “listening,” is the message

George Weigel October 28, 2026 26

Toward the end of the recent Roman meeting to discuss the Church’s 21st-century mission to marriage and the family, Pope Leo XIV asked the participating bishops to share their reflections on that experience. Bishop Erik [...]

Amoris Laetitia in 2026 and the deeper crisis of faith today

Larry Chapp October 22, 2026 44

The anticipated meeting in Rome to revisit and possibly reassess Amoris Laetitia is now over. And whatever Pope Leo wishes to do with its deliberations will now be on hold as he recovers from surgery, [...]
From the Archives: Realism and Islam

James V. Schall, S.J. October 19, 2026 16
How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward

James Kalb October 18, 2026 12

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

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