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NJ public school officials discriminate against Christian athletes

Controversy has again arisen over religious freedom as public school officials in New Jersey have ignored the First Amendment rights of student members of the [...]
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On the private life and public testimony of Elisabeth Elliot

I first encountered Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) through her husband. I was a new student at a college in South Carolina when a friend pressed a [...]
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AI and evangelization

During a Gaudium et Spes 22 podcast on the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas this past June, I said to my friend Larry Chapp, perhaps more flippantly [...]
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Extra, Extra! News and views for Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Polygamy is back (World magazine): “The logic of same-sex marriage has led exactly where social conservatives said it would lead.” Pledge Against AI Catholic Content [...]
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Pope Leo XIV tasks theologians with clarifying meaning of Church tradition

The pope has appointed 24 new members to the International Theological Commission, which will examine the nature of tradition and how the Catholic faith is transmitted across cultures. […]

On the private life and public testimony of Elisabeth Elliot

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Joseph F. Martin October 21, 2026 0

I first encountered Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) through her husband. I was a new student at a college in South Carolina when a friend pressed a copy of Shadow of the Almighty (1958) into my hands [...]

From the Archives: Realism and Islam

Features

James V. Schall, S.J. October 19, 2026 14

Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. Schall was posted first at CWR on April 17, 2016. I. Political realism, long associated with Augustine, constrains us to consider what Machiavelli later recommended to us—namely, [...]

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How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward

James Kalb October 18, 2026 12

Technology operates by defining goals clearly, breaking situations down into their simplest components, and finding the most effective and reliable way to deal with each piece of the puzzle. That approach is effective with simple [...]

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Prof. Jérôme Lejeune on Human Ethics and the Unborn Child

Michael J. Miller October 16, 2026 7

On May 7, 1974, less than 500 days after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the disastrous Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, a world-renowned geneticist testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s [...]

Essay

Eight Rules of Life from Saint Teresa of Ávila

Dawn Beutner October 14, 2026 5

She would have laughed if she had been told that she would someday be named a Doctor of the Church. Teresa de Ahumada y Cepeda (1515-1582), better known as Saint Teresa of Ávila, received the [...]

Books

Michael O’Brien discusses Adeodatus, apocalypse, and the spiritual battle

Paul Senz October 12, 2026 4

Michael D. O’Brien is a remarkably prolific author, iconographer, and painter, endlessly creating staggering works of art that break the reader’s heart (in the best way). O’Brien is the author of many tremendous novels, including [...]

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Speaking to Greeks in Athens, and to a few others

Paul Seaton October 12, 2026 6

This past Wednesday, Secretary Rubio gave a widely viewed speech atop the Acropolis in Athens, largely focusing on the ancient Greeks’ contributions to Western civilization, then applying their lessons to the current geopolitical scene. Pundits, [...]

Columns

Why Creation Matters: The Trinitarian Case for Environmental Stewardship

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. October 10, 2026 34

I was delighted to recently learn that Pope Leo had just authorized the publication of a substantial new study by the International Theological Commission (ITC) on a subject close to my own heart: Caring for [...]

From the Archives: Realism and Islam

James V. Schall, S.J. October 19, 2026 14

Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. Schall was posted first at CWR on April 17, 2016. I. Political realism, long associated with Augustine, constrains us to consider what Machiavelli later recommended to us—namely, [...]
How to turn the corner? Reflections on the way forward

James Kalb October 18, 2026 12
Why Creation Matters: The Trinitarian Case for Environmental Stewardship

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. October 10, 2026 34

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

NJ public school officials discriminate against Christian athletes

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Pope Leo XIV tasks theologians with clarifying meaning of Church tradition

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