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Pope Leo emphasizing peace, justice, and dignity during African trip

In his maiden visit to Africa, Pope Leo XVI has emphasized peace, justice, and dignity across a continent frequently torn apart by conflict and injustice. [...]
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An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ

Your Eminence: In an article recently published by a major German Catholic website, you suggested that the question of whether the Church can ordain women [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Bookish Diversions: The Point of Poetry? Slow Down (Millers Book Review): “Since this April marks the thirtieth anniversary of National Poetry Month, I thought it’d be [...]
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The Church in Africa faces challenges from Pentecostalism, Evangelicalism

The mornings of Everdine Gilla’s childhood were defined by the rhythmic murmur of beads and the scent of incense. Raised in a devout Catholic home [...]
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St. Liduina of Schiedam, a “victim soul” and lover of the Crucified Christ

The Roman Martyrology, on April 14th, gives us a feast of an unusual saint, St. Liduina of Schiedam. Schiedam is a small town in the [...]

Is the war in Iran just?

Essay

J. Budziszewski April 14, 2026 28

It has been said that the first casualty of war is truth. I wonder whether we should say instead that the first casualty of war is clear reasoning, even on the part of intelligent and [...]

Thoughts on Donald Trump, self-evident truths, and political idolatry

Essay

Kenneth Craycraft April 14, 2026 18

The first half of April 2026 has provided a number of examples of the danger of political idolatry in the United States. Events in early April have also reminded us Catholics that our political or [...]

Essay

A Realist Outline of History, Part One

Joseph K. Woodard April 12, 2026 6

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part essay. Most diagnoses of our current cultural malaise have focused on either of two narrower causes: the ideological and idealistic, or the organizational and materialistic. [...]

Features

Updated: Mark Houck awarded seven-figure settlement in lawsuit against DOJ

Monica Seeley April 11, 2026 15

Mark Houck, the Pennsylvania father of seven and pro-life advocate whose 2022 arrest made national headlines, has won a seven-figure settlement in federal court. Shawn Carney, President of 40 Days for Life, announced the settlement [...]

Features

Amid war and migration, Pope Leo XIV to bring message of religious freedom to North Africa

Ngala Killian Chimtom April 10, 2026 6

As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his apostolic journey to Africa, the shadow of regional conflict and the plight of migrants loom large over the continent’s northern shores. Algeria, the first stop of [...]

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In gratitude for the Ordinariate

Larry Chapp April 8, 2026 53

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 [...]

Columns

How much emphasis on politics? And to what end?

James Kalb April 7, 2026 42

People today expect politics to give more than it can, often to the point of secular utopianism. There are two basic reasons for that. The first is a decline in transcendental faith. People need an [...]

Books

Disenchantment or Desecration? An interview with Carl R. Trueman

Carl E. Olson April 6, 2026 47

Carl R. Trueman is a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, as well as a prolific author. Last year, we conversed [...]

In gratitude for the Ordinariate

Larry Chapp April 8, 2026 53

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

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 131

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

Pope Leo emphasizing peace, justice, and dignity during African trip

An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ

Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, April 15, 2026

The Church in Africa faces challenges from Pentecostalism, Evangelicalism

St. Liduina of Schiedam, a “victim soul” and lover of the Crucified Christ

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Disenchantment or Desecration? An interview with Carl R. Trueman

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