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Blessed Fr. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus and the life of prayer

On February 4, the Discalced Carmelites and the dioceses of Avignon and Rodez, France, observe the feast of a relatively new Blessed of the Church, [...]
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Cardinal Dolan: By no means finished yet

There’s a steak house on East 50th Street in midtown Manhattan, to which Cardinal Timothy Dolan and I would sometimes walk for dinner after a pre-prandial [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, February 4, 2026

In Defense of Bishop Barron (The Fourth Watch): “Despite attacks from a certain segment of Catholic commentators, Bishop Barron is a model of how to [...]
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Controversy continues: SCOTUS, the Ten Commandments, and public schools

A controversy that reached the United States Supreme Court twice and may be returning for a third round concerns state-mandated public postings of the Ten [...]
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Department of Justice investigates vandalism at California Catholic school

Federal officials are investigating after a Los Angeles-area Catholic school was targeted in a major act of vandalism that included the beheading of a statue [...]

An Open Letter to Couples Living with Infertility

Essay

Sister Renée Mirkes February 3, 2026 4

When some of my ethics clients describe their frustration in dealing with infertility, they often borrow a phrase from childhood: “I feel like I’m about to cry uncle.” The right way to translate that admission? [...]

Making sense of Donald Trump

Columns

James Kalb February 2, 2026 122

We live in unusual times, and Donald Trump is, to put it mildly, an unusual politician. We need to understand him to deal with him, and with that in mind, I will present my own [...]

Books

A “spiritual entertainment” inspired by faith, international intrigue, and Cardinal Zen

Paul Senz February 1, 2026 2

Crafting an interesting story is more difficult than simply pulling something from today’s headlines. However, in the hands of a gifted storyteller, current events can be an inspiration for profoundly interesting and edifying stories. David [...]

Columns

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery

Andrew Petiprin January 31, 2026 2

Guillermo del Toro was born to make a Frankenstein movie. Growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, he divided his time between the Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima and local cinemas, where he was exposed early on [...]

Essay

The truth about Venerable Mary Ward, proto-religious sister and future Saint

Dawn Beutner January 30, 2026 12

Few American Catholics have ever heard of Mary Ward. The more recent books and articles about her tend to portray her as a proto-feminist, a seventeenth-century Catholic woman who spent her life fighting for the [...]

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Modernism revisited and ressourcement theology defended

Larry Chapp January 29, 2026 86

As most close observers of Catholicism today are no doubt aware, there has arisen over the past 15 years or so a movement that goes by the rather vague moniker of “radical traditionalism”. The exact [...]

Columns

The fundamental crisis of contemporary culture and the wisdom of St. Thomas

Joseph G. Trabbic January 27, 2026 22

Editor’s note: This interview was posted originally on January 27, 2020. Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P., is a priest of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. He has written for a number of Catholic and theological [...]

Essay

Remembering Cardinal Mercier (1851–1926): Thomist, Ecumenist, Mariologist

Robert Fastiggi January 25, 2026 12

This year marks the centenary of the death of Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier of Belgium, who died on January 23, 1926. Priest, Archbishop, Cardinal Born in 1851 in the French-speaking region of Brabant, Belgium, Mercier entered the diocesan [...]

Making sense of Donald Trump

James Kalb February 2, 2026 122

We live in unusual times, and Donald Trump is, to put it mildly, an unusual politician. We need to understand him to deal with him, and with that in mind, I will present my own [...]
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and the road to recovery

Andrew Petiprin January 31, 2026 2
Modernism revisited and ressourcement theology defended

Larry Chapp January 29, 2026 86

The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 123

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

Blessed Fr. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus and the life of prayer

Cardinal Dolan: By no means finished yet

Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Controversy continues: SCOTUS, the Ten Commandments, and public schools

Department of Justice investigates vandalism at California Catholic school

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