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On Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, OFM Cap, martyr for the unity of the Faith

April 24th is the feast day of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577-1622), priest and martyr. St. Fidelis was baptized Markus Rey, born at a time [...]
Editorial

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

“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 [...]
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Of war and peace in the Easter season

Jesus’ first words to the disciples after his resurrection were “Peace be with you” (John 20:19). This was the fruit of Easter, resolving the two [...]
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Pope Leo XIV, returning from Africa, addresses war, migration, same-sex blessings

Speaking to reporters on his flight from Malabo to Rome, the pope addressed war, migration, same-sex blessings, and the Vatican’s diplomacy with authoritarian governments. […]
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“You are not alone,” Pope Leo XIV assures prisoners during visit to Batá prison

(CWR, Yaoundé) On Wednesday, Pope Leo XVI visited a prison in Equatorial Guinea’s capital city of Batá, and offered words of comfort to inmates who [...]

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Editorial

Carl E. Olson April 23, 2026 26

“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 [...]

“You are not alone,” Pope Leo XIV assures prisoners during visit to Batá prison

Features

Ngala Killian Chimtom April 23, 2026 1

(CWR, Yaoundé) On Wednesday, Pope Leo XVI visited a prison in Equatorial Guinea’s capital city of Batá, and offered words of comfort to inmates who might be tempted to view their lives as worthless. Under [...]

Books

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

Paul Senz April 22, 2026 4

The medical profession naturally involves encountering people at their most vulnerable and dealing with some of the most profound suffering that humans face. But it can also be an experience of profound joy, as when [...]

Essay

Justice Scalia’s Faith

James Rosen April 21, 2026 2

On Antonin Scalia’s first day of Catholic education, an expatriate of the New York City public-school system arriving as a freshman at Xavier High School in Manhattan in September 1949, he beheld a most unusual [...]

Features

Opinion: Democrats Pretend to Be on “Team Pope”

David Paul Deavel April 20, 2026 61

Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared in slightly different form on AMAC’s “Newsline” and is reposted here with kind permission Just as liberal elites are currently attempting to drive a wedge between Catholics and Evangelicals, they are also [...]

Features

St. Anselm: Sounding the charge for religious freedom

Sean Fitzpatrick April 20, 2026 7

With the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Congress prohibited “the federal government from substantially burdening a person’s exercise of religion unless it demonstrates that doing so both furthers a compelling governmental interest and represents [...]

Essay

The Resurrection, the Eucharist, and the Emmaus story

Peter M.J. Stravinskas April 19, 2026 6

In the midst of the Easter season, we re-read the twenty-fourth chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel, the Emmaus story, my favorite passage in the New Testament. On Easter night, two lonely, frustrated disciples of Jesus [...]

Features

Pope Leo listens to harrowing tales of Cameroon’s war victims

Ngala Killian Chimtom April 18, 2026 5

The warmth of the Pope’s reception in Bamenda, which is the epicenter of Cameroon’s separatist violence, was palpable, even while the underlying trauma of the region was impossible to ignore. Archbishop Andrew Nkea welcomed the [...]

In gratitude for the Ordinariate

Larry Chapp April 8, 2026 55

Recently, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a document on the importance of the Anglican Ordinariates. The text has a long and rather awkward title: “Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived [...]
How much emphasis on politics? And to what end?

James Kalb April 7, 2026 42
Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. March 22, 2026 5

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 23, 2026 26

“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 151

On Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, OFM Cap, martyr for the unity of the Faith

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Of war and peace in the Easter season

Pope Leo XIV, returning from Africa, addresses war, migration, same-sex blessings

“You are not alone,” Pope Leo XIV assures prisoners during visit to Batá prison

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Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

“You are not alone,” Pope Leo XIV assures prisoners during visit to Batá prison

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

Justice Scalia’s Faith

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St. Anselm: Sounding the charge for religious freedom

The Resurrection, the Eucharist, and the Emmaus story

Pope Leo listens to harrowing tales of Cameroon’s war victims

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