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

(CWR | Yaounde) Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Africa has reignited debate over the Church’s pastoral approach to polygamy. During an April 16, 2026, [...]
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Trump vows to discuss freedom of Jimmy Lai, Christian leaders detained in China

The president likened the call to free Lai to the complexity of releasing indicted former FBI Director James Comey as families of Chinese prisoners rallied outside the White House. […]
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Reflections on St. Pope John Paul II’s “Letter to the Elderly”

May is Older Americans Month, a time to reflect upon the contributions and gifts of older Americans and to “reaffirm our commitment to serving” them. Thus, [...]
Analysis

Judge bans statues of St. Florian, Michael the Archangel from public safety building

There is controversy in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom From [...]
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Opinion: The destructive culture of persona and the increasing loss of character

California has always sold itself as the place where people can invent or reinvent who they are. And it is within that culture of “borrowed [...]

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

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Ngala Killian Chimtom May 11, 2026 0

(CWR | Yaounde) Pope Leo XIV’s recent visit to Africa has reignited debate over the Church’s pastoral approach to polygamy. During an April 16, 2026, address at St. Joseph’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Bamenda, Fon Fru [...]

Judge bans statues of St. Florian, Michael the Archangel from public safety building

Analysis

Charles J. Russo May 10, 2026 19

There is controversy in Massachusetts, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, with Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. These organizations sued the City of Quincy and [...]

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My Last Pope (Probably): Part One of an Unusual and Very Catholic Travelogue

Amy Welborn May 9, 2026 15

A few days after Pope Francis died, I drove from Alabama to Wyoming. The ostensible reason for the journey was not to sit mobile shiva for the dead pontiff, but simply the delivery of my [...]

Essay

Unity has been the master theme of Pope Leo XIV’s first year

Matthew Becklo May 7, 2026 31

In the weeks leading up to the conclave that would elect Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, the New York Times published an article with the headline: “As Cardinals Prepare to Elect a Pope, One Motto Is ‘Unity.’ [...]

Features

Homosexuality and Authentic Freedom

Dr. Mark Lowery May 6, 2026 98

The tragic impasse that exists in our culture on the issue of homosexuality stems from two errors. […]

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Opinion: Speaking the truth about the Pope and politics

John Clark May 5, 2026 101

In 1938, Monsignor Fulton Sheen wrote, “There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the [...]

Essay

Catholic Education Needs Civic Formation

Thomas P. Harmon May 4, 2026 16

There is a movement afoot in American education to restore the teaching of civics in a way that presents America as lovable and worthy of its citizens’ service. The most prominent places to see this [...]

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“As people of faith, we know a better world is possible,”: Groups plea for end of Sudanese crisis

Ngala Killian Chimtom May 3, 2026 23

(CWR, Yaoundé) As the conflict in Sudan enters its fourth year, major faith-based organizations are uniting to demand immediate international action to protect civilians. In an April 15th statement, groups including ACT Alliance, Caritas Internationalis, [...]

The SSPX is now on a clear and direct collision course with Rome

Larry Chapp April 28, 2026 150

The Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), Fr. Davide Pagliarani, has recently given a lengthy interview in which he lays out his case for why the Society is justified in defying [...]
In gratitude for the Ordinariate

Larry Chapp April 8, 2026 57
How much emphasis on politics? And to what end?

James Kalb April 7, 2026 43

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 158

“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

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

Trump vows to discuss freedom of Jimmy Lai, Christian leaders detained in China

Reflections on St. Pope John Paul II’s “Letter to the Elderly”

Judge bans statues of St. Florian, Michael the Archangel from public safety building

Opinion: The destructive culture of persona and the increasing loss of character

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

Judge bans statues of St. Florian, Michael the Archangel from public safety building

My Last Pope (Probably): Part One of an Unusual and Very Catholic Travelogue

Unity has been the master theme of Pope Leo XIV’s first year

Homosexuality and Authentic Freedom

Opinion: Speaking the truth about the Pope and politics

Catholic Education Needs Civic Formation

“As people of faith, we know a better world is possible,”: Groups plea for end of Sudanese crisis

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The SSPX is now on a clear and direct collision course with Rome

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Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

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Unity has been the master theme of Pope Leo XIV’s first year

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