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31 Christians killed in Nigeria, including eleven children and a Catholic priest

CWR-Yaounde: A devastating wave of violence has once again shattered communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, claiming the lives of at least 31 Christians in separate, [...]
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The trials, miracles, and weaknesses of Saint John Vianney, the Curé d’Ars

Saint John Vianney is known today as a great saint and a patron for parish priests and confessors. But he also suffered through many trials [...]
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A win in New York State, for now, in the battle against assistance suicide

On July 17, 2026, a scant two weeks after four orders of Catholic nuns, joined by Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Center on [...]
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Spanish persecution survivors reveal hidden stories of faith and resistance

A new book tells the stories of Catholics who survived persecution during the Spanish Civil War. […]
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A flawed but important work on the papal diplomacy of John Paul II’s pontificate

Arguably not since Pope St. Pius V, who created the Holy League states that defeated the Ottoman Turks during the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, [...]

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Joseph F. Martin August 2, 2026 12

Southern California. I recently returned for my first visit there in nearly twenty years. Why do I love the West Coast? Let me count the ways. Sweeping vistas, energized pop culture, and the sense of [...]

Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three

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Larry Chapp July 31, 2026 22

“But Jesus remained silent”— Matthew 26:63 Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), affirmed the doctrine of the social kingship of Christ. He thereby kicked back against the tide of the modern political [...]

Features

Sold on a promise: How a Catholic network is rescuing Africa’s trafficked youth

Ngala Killian Chimtom July 30, 2026 2

“I held my mother and siblings in a warm, tearful embrace of hope,” Pauline (not her real name) recalls. She pauses, offering a wan and ashy smile as the memory of November 23, 2016, washes [...]

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On Twenty Years of Twitter—er, X

Marcus Peter July 29, 2026 13

Twenty years ago, a small social media platform called Twitter was launched into public life. Few imagined that a service built around brief updates would become one of the principal architects of modern consciousness through [...]

Essay

An Educational Perfect Storm

Dr. Randall B. Smith July 27, 2026 39

The 1991 “perfect storm,” made famous by the movie of that name starring George Clooney, resulted from a rare collision of three distinct weather systems that converged to create an exceptionally massive and destructive storm. [...]

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On the Faith of Saint Anne

Peter M.J. Stravinskas July 26, 2026 2

1Editor’s note: This homily was preached on the Seventeenth Sunday, July 26, 2026, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. Last Sunday, we considered the centrality of grace in the Christian life and [...]

Books

Exploring Landscapes of Grace: On the Virtues of Wandering Around Outside

Monica Seeley July 24, 2026 7

I thought of Jeff Gardner’s Landscapes of Grace during a recent mellow evening ramble with my teenage son. I thought of it again last weekend as I slogged uphill on a hot day, with the [...]

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Listening Without Hearing: A Critique of Synodal Study Group 9 on Homosexuality

CWR Contributors July 22, 2026 72

Editor’s note: The following essay was penned by a participant in the Catholic apostolate of Courage. Author’s note: I did not read the official response by Courage International before writing this essay, and thus arrived at [...]

Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three

Larry Chapp July 31, 2026 22

“But Jesus remained silent”— Matthew 26:63 Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), affirmed the doctrine of the social kingship of Christ. He thereby kicked back against the tide of the modern political [...]
Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Two

Larry Chapp July 17, 2026 25
The mind of Christ and the limits of human logic

James V. Schall, S.J. July 12, 2026 3

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 180

“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 153

31 Christians killed in Nigeria, including eleven children and a Catholic priest

The trials, miracles, and weaknesses of Saint John Vianney, the Curé d’Ars

A win in New York State, for now, in the battle against assistance suicide

Spanish persecution survivors reveal hidden stories of faith and resistance

A flawed but important work on the papal diplomacy of John Paul II’s pontificate

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Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three

Sold on a promise: How a Catholic network is rescuing Africa’s trafficked youth

On Twenty Years of Twitter—er, X

An Educational Perfect Storm

On the Faith of Saint Anne

Exploring Landscapes of Grace: On the Virtues of Wandering Around Outside

Listening Without Hearing: A Critique of Synodal Study Group 9 on Homosexuality

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Jesus autem tacebat: Dignitatis Humanae and Social Kingship, Part Three

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