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Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

During the growing season, visitors driving along country roads on their way to Peoria gaze out on oceans of field corn—the green stalks sporting golden [...]
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Blessed Fulton J. Sheen and the fundamental error of communism

There are moments when history and providence seem to converge. On Thursday in St. Louis, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified, nearly seven years after [...]
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A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

Pope Leo XIV announced Blessed Sheen’s feast day will be on Dec. 9, the anniversary of his death. […]
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When the State becomes the parent: On Massachusetts and the Kutzko case

In recent decades, the state has increasingly inserted itself into domains once reserved for parents, often overriding parental judgment and values. Schools, social-service agencies, and [...]
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‘A powerful heavenly friend and intercessor’: Bishop Barron reflects on Fulton Sheen

ST. LOUIS — Families with young children, religious sisters and brothers, and pilgrims who had traveled to St. Louis filled the Cathedral Basilica of St. [...]

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

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John Tuttle September 25, 2026 0

During the growing season, visitors driving along country roads on their way to Peoria gaze out on oceans of field corn—the green stalks sporting golden tassels—and the occasional open pasture spotted with cows. Young Fulton [...]

A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

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Jonah McKeown September 24, 2026 10

Pope Leo XIV announced Blessed Sheen’s feast day will be on Dec. 9, the anniversary of his death. […]

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Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

Dawn Beutner September 23, 2026 6

Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) was famous during his lifetime. He wasn’t a brilliant theologian, an innovative religious founder, a martyr, a bishop, a cardinal, or a pope. He was a Capuchin Franciscan friar who [...]

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How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

Dr. Gregory Slysz September 22, 2026 18

There is no shortage of recent literature across the political spectrum warning of the profound cultural crisis confronting the West and the erosion of the moral assumptions that once bound society together. Douglas Murray writes [...]

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History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph.D. September 21, 2026 46

In four recent articles, Phyllis Zagano has renewed her long-standing argument for admitting women to the ordained diaconate. Writing in America, The Tablet, Religion News Service, and Commonweal, she presses a consistent claim: the historical [...]

Books

Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Casey Chalk September 20, 2026 2

When my family lived in Panama, we had both garbage and recycling collection. The running joke was that the “recycling” was a charade, and that the trucks were taking everything to the same landfill—only about [...]

Books

Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

Monica Seeley September 19, 2026 36

Noelle Mering’s new book, titled No Contact: How a Seductive Ideology Broke Families and Friendships and How We Can Repair Them, looks at the distressing rise of family estrangement. It’s a phenomenon the author compares [...]

Essay

The Evangelization Power of Rome

Jayd Henricks September 18, 2026 17

In centuries past, the great missionaries of the Church—many now canonized saints—traveled to the far ends of the earth to bring Christ to those the Church once called pagans. The dangers were not exaggerated. Months [...]

9/11 Revisited

James V. Schall, S.J. September 11, 2026 37

Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, [...]
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

Larry Chapp September 2, 2026 16
Putting Down Roots: Care for Creation Begins Close to Home

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. August 31, 2026 50

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 22

“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...]
Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 180
The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 132

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

Blessed Fulton J. Sheen and the fundamental error of communism

A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

When the State becomes the parent: On Massachusetts and the Kutzko case

‘A powerful heavenly friend and intercessor’: Bishop Barron reflects on Fulton Sheen

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Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

The Evangelization Power of Rome

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Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

Light after an eclipse: An interview with attorney and translator Andrew Greenwell

Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

Pursuing peace, addressing extremism in Nigeria: An interview with Fr. Atta Barkindo

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