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The “True” Islam

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James V. Schall, S.J. December 14, 2025 2
I. Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Vatican II, states that the Mohammedans “profess their faith as the faith of Abraham, and with us they worship the one, merciful God who will [...]
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“The Best Books I Read in 2025”

CWR Contributors December 12, 2025 2
Dear Readers, With this list, we enter a third decade of the “Best Books I Read…”, which is both difficult to comprehend and heart-warming to ponder. This yearly feature began with the simple belief that [...]
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Rome and the Church in the United States

George Weigel December 10, 2025 51
Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore, who confirmed my father, was a pugnacious Irishman with a taste for shocking people via undiplomatic language. In a conversation with the great historian John Tracy Ellis, Curley, who [...]
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Vatican II at 60

Larry Chapp December 8, 2025 98
Today is the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council—and one can be excused perhaps for feeling a little exhausted by the entire topic. After all, it was a council that, by [...]

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