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In praise of David Lynch metaphysical, poetic pilgrim’s tale

On January 16, eccentric filmmaker David Lynch passed away at seventy-eight. While Lynch was known for bizarre, experimental, and polarizing work, his 1999 film The Straight [...]
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Synodality for me, but not for D.C.: On the McElroy appointment

One of the primary problems with the implementation of a more “synodal” Church is that there seems to be a double standard in play. Rome [...]
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The Conversion of Death and the Lifegiving Power of Beauty

Back in 2017, before the covidious cloud descended like madness, the world might have seemed a saner and simpler place. It wasn’t. It was the [...]
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In the face of tragedy, great faith and dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

We have been glued to the news this week, struck by the great tragedy that has unfolded in southern California. As we watched, powerful 70- [...]
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Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi vows to end ‘weaponization’ against Catholics

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D…. […]

Synodality for me, but not for D.C.: On the McElroy appointment

Chapp's Schtick

Larry Chapp January 16, 2025 26

One of the primary problems with the implementation of a more “synodal” Church is that there seems to be a double standard in play. Rome speaks a good game about wanting to develop more “collaborative” [...]

In the face of tragedy, great faith and dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Features

Kathy Schiffer January 15, 2025 3

We have been glued to the news this week, struck by the great tragedy that has unfolded in southern California. As we watched, powerful 70- to 100-mile-per-hour winds drove walls of flames down mountains and [...]

Columns

What way to a better world?

James Kalb January 14, 2025 9

If we want our social and political efforts to be useful, their direction should depend on the way the world is going. But people aren’t good at reading the signs of the times. As Yogi [...]

Analysis

A Pillar of Salt for Our Age

J. J. Ziegler January 12, 2025 36

In 1975, Father Richard Ginder, a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, published Binding with Briars. The book, though revolting at times, sheds more light on the clerical sexual abuse scandal than perhaps any other book [...]

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The Cardinal in DC, the Sister in Rome, and the Pope’s new law

Christopher R. Altieri January 11, 2025 38

Two appointments made big news out of the Vatican this week, one to the leadership of the US capital see and the other to the top spot at the Vatican department tasked with overseeing religious [...]

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“Who’s to say?” On Faith, Reason, and Being Subject to Truth

Prof. William E. Carroll January 9, 2025 13

It is a common view that in social situations, one ought to avoid discussions that concern religion and politics. Such an injunction has its roots in fundamental confusions about judgments concerning right and wrong, good [...]

Features

The straight line of split morality from John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter

John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. January 8, 2025 52

History is often burdened by hoary myths that take on a life of their own, independently of what “really happened,” in order to establish a certain narrative. We’ll likely hear one such myth this April, [...]

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On the obsessive grievances and perpetual rupturing of liberal “reformers”

Larry Chapp January 7, 2025 42

America Magazine recently ran an article by Mary McAuliffe entitled “Women and LGBTQ Catholics are paying the price for church unity” (Jan. 2, 2024). The essay is completely unremarkable except insofar as it underscores and [...]

Synodality for me, but not for D.C.: On the McElroy appointment

Larry Chapp January 16, 2025 26

One of the primary problems with the implementation of a more “synodal” Church is that there seems to be a double standard in play. Rome speaks a good game about wanting to develop more “collaborative” [...]
What way to a better world?

James Kalb January 14, 2025 9
On the obsessive grievances and perpetual rupturing of liberal “reformers”

Larry Chapp January 7, 2025 42

Liberal Catholic slanders and the election of 2024

Carl E. Olson November 20, 2024 111

The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...]
Reflections on a dozen years as editor of Catholic World Report

Carl E. Olson November 2, 2024 25
Defending Rupnik’s art is possible, but also scandalous and insulting

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2024 57

In praise of David Lynch metaphysical, poetic pilgrim’s tale

Synodality for me, but not for D.C.: On the McElroy appointment

The Conversion of Death and the Lifegiving Power of Beauty

In the face of tragedy, great faith and dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi vows to end ‘weaponization’ against Catholics

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