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Pope Leo in Angola: “… manage conflicts by transforming them into paths of renewal”

In a stirring homily delivered April 19, the Third Sunday of Easter, Pope Leo XVI drew a direct parallel between the biblical road to Emmaus [...]
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Pope Leo XIV in Angola — Day 7 of his visit to Africa

You can tell the crowd had been waiting for this. During his apostolic trip to Africa, Pope Leo has already shown off his English, French, [...]
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The Resurrection, the Eucharist, and the Emmaus story

In the midst of the Easter season, we re-read the twenty-fourth chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel, the Emmaus story, my favorite passage in the New [...]
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National Infertility Awareness Week: 4 Catholic ministries walking with couples

According to the World Health Organization, about 1 in 6 people globally experience infertility in their lifetime. In the United States, 1 in 8 couples [...]
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Pope Leo listens to harrowing tales of Cameroon’s war victims

The warmth of the Pope’s reception in Bamenda, which is the epicenter of Cameroon’s separatist violence, was palpable, even while the underlying trauma of the [...]

Pope Leo listens to harrowing tales of Cameroon’s war victims

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Ngala Killian Chimtom April 18, 2026 2

The warmth of the Pope’s reception in Bamenda, which is the epicenter of Cameroon’s separatist violence, was palpable, even while the underlying trauma of the region was impossible to ignore. Archbishop Andrew Nkea welcomed the [...]

The Secure Bond Marriage Needs Today

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Jennifer S. Bryson April 17, 2026 9

In 1949, Ida Friederike Görres wrote, “That which is unnatural … people say, is indissolubility.” She disagreed. By 1971, when she sent her final book, What Binds Marriage Forever (CUA Press, 2026), to the publisher, she saw [...]

Essay

A Realist Outline of History, Part Two

Joseph K. Woodard April 16, 2026 5

Editor’s note: Part One of this essay can be read here. The First Apocalypse: The Blessings of Anarchy In the fifth century, the Western Church suffered its First Apocalypse, losing its demographic race to revive [...]

Essay

An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ

George Weigel April 15, 2026 47

Your Eminence: In an article recently published by a major German Catholic website, you suggested that the question of whether the Church can ordain women has not been definitively settled: “I cannot imagine how a [...]

Essay

Is the war in Iran just?

J. Budziszewski April 14, 2026 83

It has been said that the first casualty of war is truth. I wonder whether we should say instead that the first casualty of war is clear reasoning, even on the part of intelligent and [...]

Essay

Thoughts on Donald Trump, self-evident truths, and political idolatry

Kenneth Craycraft April 14, 2026 63

The first half of April 2026 has provided a number of examples of the danger of political idolatry in the United States. Events in early April have also reminded us Catholics that our political or [...]

Essay

A Realist Outline of History, Part One

Joseph K. Woodard April 12, 2026 7

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part essay. Most diagnoses of our current cultural malaise have focused on either of two narrower causes: the ideological and idealistic, or the organizational and materialistic. [...]

Features

Updated: Mark Houck awarded seven-figure settlement in lawsuit against DOJ

Monica Seeley April 11, 2026 18

Mark Houck, the Pennsylvania father of seven and pro-life advocate whose 2022 arrest made national headlines, has won a seven-figure settlement in federal court. Shawn Carney, President of 40 Days for Life, announced the settlement [...]

In gratitude for the Ordinariate

Larry Chapp April 8, 2026 55

Recently, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a document on the importance of the Anglican Ordinariates. The text has a long and rather awkward title: “Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived [...]
How much emphasis on politics? And to what end?

James Kalb April 7, 2026 42
Incarnate Transcendence in an Age of Transhumanist Counterfeits

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. March 22, 2026 5

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 131

Just a week after Archbishop Coakley, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), met with President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, and Secretary Noem, three U.S. cardinals ignored Archbishop Coakley’s [...]
The DDF Marian document relies on poor argumentation, reveals double standard

Carl E. Olson November 4, 2025 151
The Future of Synodality

Carl E. Olson September 7, 2025 56

Pope Leo in Angola: “… manage conflicts by transforming them into paths of renewal”

Pope Leo XIV in Angola — Day 7 of his visit to Africa

The Resurrection, the Eucharist, and the Emmaus story

National Infertility Awareness Week: 4 Catholic ministries walking with couples

Pope Leo listens to harrowing tales of Cameroon’s war victims

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Pope Leo listens to harrowing tales of Cameroon’s war victims

The Secure Bond Marriage Needs Today

A Realist Outline of History, Part Two

An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ

Is the war in Iran just?

Thoughts on Donald Trump, self-evident truths, and political idolatry

A Realist Outline of History, Part One

Updated: Mark Houck awarded seven-figure settlement in lawsuit against DOJ

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In gratitude for the Ordinariate

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The Politics of Three Cardinals

Amid war and migration, Pope Leo XIV to bring message of religious freedom to North Africa

Disenchantment or Desecration? An interview with Carl R. Trueman

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The Secure Bond Marriage Needs Today

Disenchantment or Desecration? An interview with Carl R. Trueman

Introducing Communio Theology: An interview with Tracey Rowland

The Secure Bond Marriage Needs Today

A Realist Outline of History, Part Two

An Open Letter to Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ

Pope Leo listens to harrowing tales of Cameroon’s war victims

Updated: Mark Houck awarded seven-figure settlement in lawsuit against DOJ

Africa’s second exodus

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