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Becoming men who seek God with every breath, in every way

Modern life has all but quenched man’s heroic spirit, smothering it with lame distractions, from fantasy sports to petty internet debates, or killing it with [...]
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Northern Ireland city leads first coordinated worldwide Marian Eucharistic procession

The Northern Ireland city kicked off a worldwide Eucharistic procession honoring the Blessed Mother, coordinated at the same time across six continents. […]
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Consequential Consistorial Connections

Several topics will be discussed at the consistory of cardinals called by Pope Leo XIV for June 26-29: the international situation and its effects on [...]
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Democratic Republic of Congo clergy blast government apathy amid violence, disease

Church leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have expressed misgivings at the government’s focus on constitutional reform as citizens are caught in a vortex [...]
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How the Female Imagination is Being Corrupted

Beatrice Scudeler’s recent essay on the Public Discourse about Gen Z women and the internet fascination with “men who yearn” exposes a rather inconvenient truth [...]

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George Weigel June 15, 2026 18

Several topics will be discussed at the consistory of cardinals called by Pope Leo XIV for June 26-29: the international situation and its effects on local Churches; key themes in the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas; the [...]

How the Female Imagination is Being Corrupted

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Marcus Peter June 14, 2026 15

Beatrice Scudeler’s recent essay on the Public Discourse about Gen Z women and the internet fascination with “men who yearn” exposes a rather inconvenient truth for a culture that has spent sixty years telling women [...]

Essay

Fr. Rossetti, Cardinal McElroy, and the case of unidentified ecclesiastical motives

Eamonn Clark June 12, 2026 70

In a video released May 29, now-former exorcist of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., Msgr. Stephen Rossetti (a priest of Syracuse, New York) described his opinion on the phenomenon of UFOs and their possible connection [...]

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U.S. bishops consecrate nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus

Gigi Duncan June 11, 2026 19

The bishops entrusted the nation to the love and care of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to accompany the country’s 250th anniversary. […]

Essay

The strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of Emperor Xi

George Weigel June 10, 2026 24

At his May summit in Beijing, President Trump made an effort to convince Chinese leader Xi Jinping to release Jimmy Lai from his imprisonment in Hong Kong. Jimmy, whom I am honored to call a [...]

Essay

Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology?

Kenneth Craycraft June 9, 2026 85

As the Fourth of July approaches, we Americans are collectively claiming to be celebrating 250 years of American independence. This is a myth. More accurately, we are commemorating the 250th anniversary of a declaration of, [...]

Analysis

The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report

Deborah Savage, PhD June 8, 2026 52

In their recent CWR article, titled “The Scandalous Synod Report: a Betrayal of Trust,” Theresa Farnan and Mary Hasson did us all a great service in shedding a spotlight on the dangerous thrust of the [...]

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Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

CWR Staff June 7, 2026 96

Vatican (kath.net) The decisions of the Second Vatican Council were not accepted by all Catholics. Some contented themselves with critical statements, but Bishop Marcel Lefebvre, who served, among other things, as Archbishop of Dakar, rejected [...]

Catholic morality and social concerns

James Kalb June 2, 2026 48

Pope Leo recently said, in response to a question about the effect of Cardinal Marx’s promotion of blessings for same-sex couples on church unity, The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around [...]
Why I think Magnifica Humanitas is a pointed and prophetic gut punch

Larry Chapp May 27, 2026 80
Magnifica Humanitas: The Human Person Between Glory and Fragility

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. May 26, 2026 7

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 175

“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

Becoming men who seek God with every breath, in every way

Northern Ireland city leads first coordinated worldwide Marian Eucharistic procession

Consequential Consistorial Connections

Democratic Republic of Congo clergy blast government apathy amid violence, disease

How the Female Imagination is Being Corrupted

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Consequential Consistorial Connections

How the Female Imagination is Being Corrupted

Fr. Rossetti, Cardinal McElroy, and the case of unidentified ecclesiastical motives

U.S. bishops consecrate nation to Sacred Heart of Jesus

The strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of Emperor Xi

Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology?

The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report

Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

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Catholic morality and social concerns

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Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

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

“My missionary life was an adventure of the heart”: An interview with Fr. Barry Martinson, S.J.

“My missionary life was an adventure of the heart”: An interview with Fr. Barry Martinson, S.J.

Magnifica Humanitas: Pope invokes justice to combat ‘anti-human vision’ in AI

A new history of the unrecognized martyrs of the Christian militia orders

Fr. Rossetti, Cardinal McElroy, and the case of unidentified ecclesiastical motives

The strength of Jimmy Lai and the weakness of Emperor Xi

Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology?

“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

Polygamy remains a point of contention with the Church in many African nations

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