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A “spiritual entertainment” inspired by faith, international intrigue, and Cardinal Zen

Crafting an interesting story is more difficult than simply pulling something from today’s headlines. However, in the hands of a gifted storyteller, current events can [...]
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Mr. Eugenides visits New York

Imagine receiving a text from your blind and diabetic son who suffers from depression, telling you that he scheduled an appointment with a doctor to [...]
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The Beatitudes: The new Law given by the new Moses

Readings: • Zeph. 2:3; 3:12-13 • Psa. 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Cor. 1:26-31 • Matt. 5:1-12a During this Sunday’s Gospel Reading, we hear the [...]
Columns

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery

Guillermo del Toro was born to make a Frankenstein movie. Growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, he divided his time between the Catedral de la Asunción de María [...]
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Military Archbishop Broglio: Hegseth is helping restore chaplain mission to spiritual ministry

Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, discussed the role of military chaplains, the the restoration of chapel contracts, and just [...]

A “spiritual entertainment” inspired by faith, international intrigue, and Cardinal Zen

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Paul Senz February 1, 2026 2

Crafting an interesting story is more difficult than simply pulling something from today’s headlines. However, in the hands of a gifted storyteller, current events can be an inspiration for profoundly interesting and edifying stories. David [...]

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery

Columns

Andrew Petiprin January 31, 2026 2

Guillermo del Toro was born to make a Frankenstein movie. Growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, he divided his time between the Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima and local cinemas, where he was exposed early on [...]

Essay

The truth about Venerable Mary Ward, proto-religious sister and future Saint

Dawn Beutner January 30, 2026 11

Few American Catholics have ever heard of Mary Ward. The more recent books and articles about her tend to portray her as a proto-feminist, a seventeenth-century Catholic woman who spent her life fighting for the [...]

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Modernism revisited and ressourcement theology defended

Larry Chapp January 29, 2026 56

As most close observers of Catholicism today are no doubt aware, there has arisen over the past 15 years or so a movement that goes by the rather vague moniker of “radical traditionalism”. The exact [...]

Columns

The fundamental crisis of contemporary culture and the wisdom of St. Thomas

Joseph G. Trabbic January 27, 2026 22

Editor’s note: This interview was posted originally on January 27, 2020. Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is a priest of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He has written for a number of Catholic and theological [...]

Essay

Remembering Cardinal Mercier (1851–1926): Thomist, Ecumenist, Mariologist

Robert Fastiggi January 25, 2026 12

This year marks the centenary of the death of Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier of Belgium, who died on January 23, 1926. Priest, Archbishop, Cardinal Born in 1851 in the French-speaking region of Brabant, Belgium, Mercier entered the diocesan [...]

Essay

On the centrality of the Word of God in the life of the Church

Peter M.J. Stravinskas January 24, 2026 7

This Sunday celebrates the centrality of the Word of God in the life of the Church. We are also fast approaching the onset of Lent. With that in mind, I would like to urge you [...]

Features

Archbishop Gänswein: With Pope Leo, “normality” is returning to the Vatican

EWTN News January 23, 2026 108

In an exclusive interview with EWTN News, Pope Benedict XVI’s former secretary said “normality is slowly returning” to the Vatican with Pope Leo XIVJan 23, 2026 / 06:27 am (CNA). Archbishop Georg Gänswein says last [...]

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery

Andrew Petiprin January 31, 2026 2

Guillermo del Toro was born to make a Frankenstein movie. Growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, he divided his time between the Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima and local cinemas, where he was exposed early on [...]
Modernism revisited and ressourcement theology defended

Larry Chapp January 29, 2026 56
The fundamental crisis of contemporary culture and the wisdom of St. Thomas

Joseph G. Trabbic January 27, 2026 22

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 122

Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...]
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 56

A “spiritual entertainment” inspired by faith, international intrigue, and Cardinal Zen

Mr. Eugenides visits New York

The Beatitudes: The new Law given by the new Moses

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery

Military Archbishop Broglio: Hegseth is helping restore chaplain mission to spiritual ministry

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A “spiritual entertainment” inspired by faith, international intrigue, and Cardinal Zen

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery

The truth about Venerable Mary Ward, proto-religious sister and future Saint

Modernism revisited and ressourcement theology defended

The fundamental crisis of contemporary culture and the wisdom of St. Thomas

Remembering Cardinal Mercier (1851–1926): Thomist, Ecumenist, Mariologist

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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery

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