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Baptized by Fulton Sheen: Bishop Barres reflects on new blessed’s holiness and mission

This week, I traveled to St. Louis with thousands of other Catholics from throughout the country for the Beatification Mass of Fulton Sheen. It was [...]
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Pope addresses ‘surprising’ Catholic growth in secular France

Leo met members of a Church assembly examining a decade-long rise in Catholic baptisms. […]
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Free will and the drama of sin

On the Readings for Sunday, October 1, 2017 […]
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Blessed Fulton Sheen, a new patron saint for writers?

After decades of waiting, the famous and beloved Archbishop Fulton Sheen has finally been declared Blessed Fulton Sheen. For those who have missed all the [...]
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Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

During the growing season, visitors driving along country roads on their way to Peoria gaze out on oceans of field corn—the green stalks sporting golden [...]

Baptized by Fulton Sheen: Bishop Barres reflects on new blessed’s holiness and mission

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Father Seán Connolly September 26, 2026 0

This week, I traveled to St. Louis with thousands of other Catholics from throughout the country for the Beatification Mass of Fulton Sheen. It was deeply uplifting to see so many people gathered together who, [...]

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

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John Tuttle September 25, 2026 0

During the growing season, visitors driving along country roads on their way to Peoria gaze out on oceans of field corn—the green stalks sporting golden tassels—and the occasional open pasture spotted with cows. Young Fulton [...]

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A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

Jonah McKeown September 24, 2026 15

Pope Leo XIV announced Blessed Sheen’s feast day will be on Dec. 9, the anniversary of his death. […]

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Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

Dawn Beutner September 23, 2026 6

Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) was famous during his lifetime. He wasn’t a brilliant theologian, an innovative religious founder, a martyr, a bishop, a cardinal, or a pope. He was a Capuchin Franciscan friar who [...]

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How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

Dr. Gregory Slysz September 22, 2026 19

There is no shortage of recent literature across the political spectrum warning of the profound cultural crisis confronting the West and the erosion of the moral assumptions that once bound society together. Douglas Murray writes [...]

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History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph.D. September 21, 2026 49

In four recent articles, Phyllis Zagano has renewed her long-standing argument for admitting women to the ordained diaconate. Writing in America, The Tablet, Religion News Service, and Commonweal, she presses a consistent claim: the historical [...]

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Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Casey Chalk September 20, 2026 2

When my family lived in Panama, we had both garbage and recycling collection. The running joke was that the “recycling” was a charade, and that the trucks were taking everything to the same landfill—only about [...]

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Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

Monica Seeley September 19, 2026 37

Noelle Mering’s new book, titled No Contact: How a Seductive Ideology Broke Families and Friendships and How We Can Repair Them, looks at the distressing rise of family estrangement. It’s a phenomenon the author compares [...]

9/11 Revisited

James V. Schall, S.J. September 11, 2026 37

Editor’s note: This essay by the late Fr. James V. Schall was published originally in slightly different form at Ignatius Insight on September 8, 2006, to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, [...]
In defense of moral agency and the necessary pursuit of holiness

Larry Chapp September 2, 2026 16
Putting Down Roots: Care for Creation Begins Close to Home

Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. August 31, 2026 50

Reading Saint Paul in a Time of Synodality

Carl E. Olson August 6, 2026 22

“The Apostle Paul, an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure, stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church, as well as of great openness to humanity [...]
Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 180
The Politics of Three Cardinals

CWR Staff January 21, 2026 132

Baptized by Fulton Sheen: Bishop Barres reflects on new blessed’s holiness and mission

Pope addresses ‘surprising’ Catholic growth in secular France

Free will and the drama of sin

Blessed Fulton Sheen, a new patron saint for writers?

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

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Baptized by Fulton Sheen: Bishop Barres reflects on new blessed’s holiness and mission

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

A ‘porter’ who led others to Christ: Abp Fulton Sheen declared ‘blessed’

Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

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Cosmic Covenant is a robust, orthodox presentation of a theology of creation

Hollow Culture, Brittle Relationships, and Spiritual Poverty

Light after an eclipse: An interview with attorney and translator Andrew Greenwell

Contemplating the astounding power of Padre Pio’s ministry, gifts, and trials

How the Mass helped to shape Western civilization

History is not enough: Women deacons and the unity of holy orders

Nearly 50,000 celebrate the beatification of Midwest native Fulton J. Sheen

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