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Saint Louis de Montfort and his “short, perfect and sure way” to Christ

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716) is best known today as the author of the spiritual classics True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Secret [...]
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Pope Leo XIV meets archbishop of Canterbury amid deepening church divides

The pontiff addressed “new problems” facing Catholic-Anglican dialogue in his meeting with Archbishop Sarah Mullally, the first woman to serve as spiritual head of the Anglican Communion. […]
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On Colorado’s continuing assault on religious liberty

If it’s a day that ends in “y,” the State of Colorado has probably passed another law hostile to free speech and religious liberty. And [...]
Books

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

When it comes to saints who were also soldiers, the list is relatively short. There is St. Louis IX, the medieval king of France, who [...]
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Controversy at Catholic school in Georgia over reach of the “ministerial exception

An unusual case arose after the principal of St. Peter Claver School in Savannah, Georgia, elected not to renew the contract of a first-grade teacher, [...]

On Colorado’s continuing assault on religious liberty

Analysis

Kenneth Craycraft April 27, 2026 0

If it’s a day that ends in “y,” the State of Colorado has probably passed another law hostile to free speech and religious liberty. And the state’s persistent animus toward Christianity has been keeping the [...]

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

Books

Casey Chalk April 26, 2026 5

When it comes to saints who were also soldiers, the list is relatively short. There is St. Louis IX, the medieval king of France, who fundraised and led two crusades against the Muslim kingdom in [...]

Essay

Seeing Woman through the Eyes of Gertrud von le Fort

Vivian Dudro April 25, 2026 4

Editor’s note: This essay was delivered as an address on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Symposium on Transforming Culture, Benedictine College, Atchison, KS. “The hand that rocks the cradle”, “The power behind the throne”—both [...]

Editorial

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 108

“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 [...]

Features

“You are not alone,” Pope Leo XIV assures prisoners during visit to Batá prison

Ngala Killian Chimtom April 23, 2026 1

(CWR, Yaoundé) On Wednesday, Pope Leo XVI visited a prison in Equatorial Guinea’s capital city of Batá, and offered words of comfort to inmates who might be tempted to view their lives as worthless. Under [...]

Books

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

Paul Senz April 22, 2026 4

The medical profession naturally involves encountering people at their most vulnerable and dealing with some of the most profound suffering that humans face. But it can also be an experience of profound joy, as when [...]

Essay

Justice Scalia’s Faith

James Rosen April 21, 2026 2

On Antonin Scalia’s first day of Catholic education, an expatriate of the New York City public-school system arriving as a freshman at Xavier High School in Manhattan in September 1949, he beheld a most unusual [...]

Features

Opinion: Democrats Pretend to Be on “Team Pope”

David Paul Deavel April 20, 2026 68

Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared in slightly different form on AMAC’s “Newsline” and is reposted here with kind permission Just as liberal elites are currently attempting to drive a wedge between Catholics and Evangelicals, they are also [...]

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

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

Carl E. Olson April 24, 2026 108

“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

Saint Louis de Montfort and his “short, perfect and sure way” to Christ

Pope Leo XIV meets archbishop of Canterbury amid deepening church divides

On Colorado’s continuing assault on religious liberty

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

Controversy at Catholic school in Georgia over reach of the “ministerial exception

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On Colorado’s continuing assault on religious liberty

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

Seeing Woman through the Eyes of Gertrud von le Fort

Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

“You are not alone,” Pope Leo XIV assures prisoners during visit to Batá prison

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

Justice Scalia’s Faith

Opinion: Democrats Pretend to Be on “Team Pope”

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In gratitude for the Ordinariate

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Tenuous unity and problematic blessings in an age of bourgeois love

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

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

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

“God is alive and well in the modern medical center”

The Secure Bond Marriage Needs Today

Seeing Woman through the Eyes of Gertrud von le Fort

Justice Scalia’s Faith

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“You are not alone,” Pope Leo XIV assures prisoners during visit to Batá prison

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