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George Weigel
May 31, 20223 min read
Fly-casting before D-Day
With a gracious assist from former Kansas governor Sam Brownback, I had the privilege of a personal tour of the Dwight D. Eisenhower...
Mary Beth Bonacci
May 31, 20224 min read
Open letter to a wavering friend
(Photo: Jonathan Sanchez / Unsplash) So, you say you are pro-choice. But you also say that you are appalled to hear that several states,...
Denver Catholic Staff
May 27, 20223 min read
A Clarion Call: Local deacon and police officer reflects on Uvalde shooting
Deacon Ernie Martinez is a deacon at Notre Dame Parish in Denver and a Denver police officer. My heart is heavy with memories from being...
Lynn Grandon
May 27, 20222 min read
The future of women’s health and families depends on Christ-centered healthcare
Photo by Devon Divine via Unsplash For those in our pews who think it is impossible to accept and live by the Church’s teachings related...
Jared Staudt
May 26, 20223 min read
What We Owe God: Recovering the Virtue of Religion
We are not used to thinking about owing anything to God. In many ways, religion has become focused on “me,” going to Church...
George Weigel
May 24, 20223 min read
The cardinal and Jimmy
Tertullian, the first major Christian theologian to write in Latin, is thought to have coined the maxim Semen est sanguis Christianorum ,...
George Weigel
May 18, 20223 min read
"Dobbs" hysteria and Russian disinformation
There are striking parallels between the Russian disinformation campaign that continues to foul the global communications space in the...
Jared Staudt
May 12, 20224 min read
Christ Crucified in the Modern World: The Priest as Sacrificial Witness
The evils of the 20th century hold a strange fascination. We cannot help but read and reread accounts of totalitarian oppression, such as...
George Weigel
May 11, 20223 min read
A new patron saint for Catholic journalism
ROME. As of May 15, Catholic journalists around the world will be able to count one of their number among the saints, as Titus Brandsma,...
George Weigel
May 5, 20223 min read
The Russian Path Not Taken
I’ve been thinking recently about Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken,” and its relationship to a deceased Russian Orthodox priest....
Mary Beth Bonacci
Apr 28, 20224 min read
We Cannot Fight for Women’s Rights if We Cannot Define What a Woman Is
There are disadvantages to writing a monthly column in a 24 hour news cycle world. By the time my time rolls around, my chosen topics are...
George Weigel
Apr 27, 20223 min read
The Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow
Pope Francis is undoubtedly grieved by the carnage in Ukraine. And when the Catholic Church’s chief ecumenical officer, Cardinal Kurt...
George Weigel
Apr 13, 20223 min read
Holy Week 2022: A wartime meditation
In both the Roman and Byzantine liturgical calendars, Lent 2022 has coincided with a brutal war in Ukraine. That war was launched by...
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Apr 8, 20224 min read
If you want to win, you must surrender
It sounds like a paradox, but Jesus taught us with his life that the key to conquering death is surrendering to the Father in trust. The...
Jared Staudt
Apr 6, 20223 min read
The triumph of Mary’s Heart: A plan of action following the consecration
“In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.” Our Lady of Fatima offered hope in the Second Secret she revealed in 1917 that despite...
George Weigel
Apr 5, 20223 min read
Salem and the smoke of Satan
On May 13, 1982, Pope John Paul II flew to Portugal on a pilgrimage of thanksgiving for his life having been spared the year before. At...
George Weigel
Mar 30, 20223 min read
No “just wars”?
Every war is a defeat for humanity, because men and women endowed with reason should be able to resolve their differences without mass...
Lynn Grandon
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Parents should know if their daughter is considering an abortion
Having worked across the street from two major abortion facilities in my life, I have watched many women grapple with the challenging...
Jared Staudt
Mar 24, 20224 min read
Why Theology Matters
Theology gets a bad rap, often seen as a bunch of eggheads asking questions that no one really cares about. In the Middle Ages, it...
George Weigel
Mar 23, 20223 min read
An Orthodox awakening
For years, the two leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church with whom Pope Francis met by videoconference on March 16 — Kirill, Patriarch...
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