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Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

Vatican (kath.net) The decisions of the Second Vatican Council were not accepted by all Catholics. Some contented themselves with critical statements, but Bishop Marcel Lefebvre, [...]
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A Road Trip to the Saints

Imagine taking a road trip to meet holy Catholic men and women who served as Christ’s hands and feet on earth by caring for the [...]
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Will gender ideology again trump religious freedom in California?

The legal saga of Captain Jeffrey Little, a twenty-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) and a devout evangelical Christian, about which [...]
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How the Feast of Corpus Christi developed

O most noble memorial; to be commemorated in the innermost heart, firmly bound in the soul, diligently kept in the depth of the heart, and [...]
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Over 1,000 people process with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist through Washington, D.C.

Many hundreds of Catholics joined the Eucharistic procession in D.C., which is part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage traveling the country. […]

Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

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CWR Staff June 7, 2026 8

Vatican (kath.net) The decisions of the Second Vatican Council were not accepted by all Catholics. Some contented themselves with critical statements, but Bishop Marcel Lefebvre, who served, among other things, as Archbishop of Dakar, rejected [...]

How the Feast of Corpus Christi developed

Features

Sandra Miesel June 6, 2026 18

O most noble memorial; to be commemorated in the innermost heart, firmly bound in the soul, diligently kept in the depth of the heart, and recalled by earnest meditation and celebration. – Pope Urban IV, [...]

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“We have lived a lie for 65 years”: Bishop Bushu on Cameroon’s deep divisions

Ngala Killian Chimtom June 5, 2026 3

As the bishops of Cameroon renew calls for peace during their 51st Plenary Assembly, a retired bishop from the country’s conflict-afflicted Southwest Region has issued a stinging critique aimed at the way the country’s English-speaking [...]

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The Global Future of the Catholic Church

Jayd Henricks June 5, 2026 19

In recent months, there have been several articles in both Catholic and secular press noting an uptick in interest in the Catholic Church among young adults in the United States. While encouraging, some of the [...]

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“My missionary life was an adventure of the heart”: An interview with Fr. Barry Martinson, S.J.

Paul Senz June 3, 2026 0

The work of a missionary is often trying, but the missionaries themselves are usually the first to tell you what a tremendous blessing it is. Father Barry Martinson, S.J., is one such missionary. He has [...]

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Catholic morality and social concerns

James Kalb June 2, 2026 48

Pope Leo recently said, in response to a question about the effect of Cardinal Marx’s promotion of blessings for same-sex couples on church unity, The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around [...]

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Dawn Amidst the Darkness: Dispatch from New York City

Fr. Eric J. Banecker June 1, 2026 7

I found myself with a free morning in New York City and decided to do some reconnaissance work at Saint Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village. St. Joseph’s has recently been highlighted as a lodestar of [...]

Analysis

The Eastern Lung of Pope Leo’s first encyclical

Ines Angeli Murzaku May 31, 2026 3

As widely commentated, the most obvious continuity framework for Magnifica Humanitas is Rerum Novarum (1891). The Holy See presented Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical as a document on “safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence,” signed on May 15, [...]

Catholic morality and social concerns

James Kalb June 2, 2026 48

Pope Leo recently said, in response to a question about the effect of Cardinal Marx’s promotion of blessings for same-sex couples on church unity, The unity or division of the Church should not revolve around [...]
Why I think Magnifica Humanitas is a pointed and prophetic gut punch

Larry Chapp May 27, 2026 65
Magnifica Humanitas: The Human Person Between Glory and Fragility

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. May 26, 2026 7

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 173

“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

Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

A Road Trip to the Saints

Will gender ideology again trump religious freedom in California?

How the Feast of Corpus Christi developed

Over 1,000 people process with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist through Washington, D.C.

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Is a Schism in the Air? An interview with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller

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