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Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology?

Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology? Kenneth Craycraft As the Fourth of July approaches, we Americans are collectively claiming to be celebrating 250 years of [...]
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New sculpture of the Sacred Heart to tour the U.S., be installed in Jerusalem

On June 11th of this year, as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (and before [...]
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To be deep in history is to cease to be Mormon

Editor’s note: This interview was first posted on December 6, 2022, and is re-posted in light of ongoing social media debates about whether or not [...]
Analysis

The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report

In their recent CWR article, titled “The Scandalous Synod Report: a Betrayal of Trust,” Theresa Farnan and Mary Hasson did us all a great service [...]
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Progressives and Jacobins

Commencement season can offer a good deal of insight into culture. Historically, commencement speakers aim to reflect the times and the audience. On the cusp [...]

The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report

Analysis

Deborah Savage, PhD June 8, 2026 22

In their recent CWR article, titled “The Scandalous Synod Report: a Betrayal of Trust,” Theresa Farnan and Mary Hasson did us all a great service in shedding a spotlight on the dangerous thrust of the [...]

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

Features

CWR Staff June 7, 2026 44

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 [...]

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How the Feast of Corpus Christi developed

Sandra Miesel June 6, 2026 19

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 [...]

Analysis

The Global Future of the Catholic Church

Jayd Henricks June 5, 2026 20

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 [...]

Books

“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 [...]

Columns

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 [...]

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 68
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

Celebrating* 250 Years of American Mythology?

New sculpture of the Sacred Heart to tour the U.S., be installed in Jerusalem

To be deep in history is to cease to be Mormon

The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report

Progressives and Jacobins

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The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report

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

How the Feast of Corpus Christi developed

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

The Global Future of the Catholic Church

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

Catholic morality and social concerns

Dawn Amidst the Darkness: Dispatch from New York City

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Catholic morality and social concerns

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Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

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

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

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

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

Magnifica Humanitas: Pope invokes justice to combat ‘anti-human vision’ in AI

A new history of the unrecognized martyrs of the Christian militia orders

The dangerous error buried in the “Study Group #9” Synod Report

The Global Future of the Catholic Church

The Eastern Lung of Pope Leo’s first encyclical

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

Diocesan Priestly Vocations in the U.S.: A New Look at the Numbers

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

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