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Jared Staudt
Oct 5, 20234 min read
The Rosary: Overcoming Evil and Making Reparation
The Church dedicates the month of October to the rosary, that simple but beautiful prayer filled with holy power. The rosary offers us a...
George Weigel
Oct 4, 20233 min read
The most important Catholic event since Vatican II?
Those most enthusiastic about the Synod on Synodality that opens on October 4 want to say that it’s the most important Catholic event...
Paul Winkler
Sep 22, 20234 min read
Business is Key to Attaining Justice and Peace in the World
(Photo: Adobe Stock) The Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace commissioned a document called “The Vocation of the Business Leader – A...
Jared Staudt
Sep 21, 20233 min read
Return to the Agape Meal: A Practical Step Toward Eucharistic Revival
We believe that the Eucharist draws us into communion not only with Jesus, as we receive his body, but also with our fellow Catholics,...
George Weigel
Sep 20, 20233 min read
The Blessed Ulma Family and our Catholic moment
It’s a rare occasion when the word “unprecedented” can be used for a Church whose history extends over two millennia. Yet something...
Mary Beth Bonacci
Sep 14, 20234 min read
Why you should pray for Jimmy Buffett
The late Jimmy Buffett. Public domain photo. I loved Jimmy Buffett. Loved his music, loved the easy-going island life he sang about. And...
George Weigel
Sep 13, 20233 min read
Solidarity with a Martyr-Church
Ever since the 1596 Union of Brest reestablished full communion between the Bishop of Rome and several ecclesiastical jurisdictions in...
Jared Staudt
Sep 7, 20234 min read
Good and Bad Reactionaries: Overcoming Ideology
Ideology unsettles not only those pulled into its alternate reality but also those who resist it, for it inspires overreactions against...
George Weigel
Sep 6, 20233 min read
Living communio in Cracow
I wish all those who find themselves concerned, depressed, befuddled, or angry at the present state of the Church could have spent July...
George Weigel
Aug 30, 20233 min read
True and false reconciliation
In early July, Vladimir Putin toured an Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, piously crossed himself, and lit a candle. Hours before,...
Jared Staudt
Aug 23, 20234 min read
A Migrant’s Journey: Exploring the Pope’s Recommended Book
On August 10, Pope Francis posted on X: “With sorrow I heard about the news of the shipwreck involving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea....
George Weigel
Aug 23, 20233 min read
Archbishop Fernández and the learning curve
“Pope Francis has just given the Vatican his Ratzinger,” declared one July 2 headline; “Pope Francis Finds His Ratzinger,” announced...
Mary Beth Bonacci
Aug 18, 20235 min read
Denver’s revolution of holiness
File Photo by James Baca/Denver Catholic Register Thirty (thirty!) years ago, I experienced probably one of the greatest privileges of my...
Paul Winkler
Aug 18, 20233 min read
How to make work a continual prayer in the age of distraction
(Photo: Adobe Stock) In today’s fast-paced and media driven world, where information bombards us from various sources such as TV,...
Catholic Charities
Aug 17, 20234 min read
8 tips to ease back-to-school worries
Photo by Anya Semenoff / Wellspring Catholic Academy of St. Bernadette By Mark R. Sanders LPC, CAS St. Raphael Counseling Football...
George Weigel
Aug 16, 20233 min read
The Vatican’s China deal unravels further
The latest self-inflicted blow to the Vatican’s China policy came in mid-July, when the Holy See announced that Pope Francis had...
Jared Staudt
Aug 9, 20233 min read
Signs of Hope for Contemporary Catholic Art
Art has a story — beginning in prehistoric caves, reaching rational perfection in classical culture, soaring to heaven in the Middle...
George Weigel
Aug 9, 20233 min read
Just war, just peace, and Ukraine
Carl von Clausewitz, the 19th-century Prussian military theorist whose masterpiece, On War , is still studied today, is not typically...
George Weigel
Aug 2, 20233 min read
From Westerplatte to Lisbon…and everywhere else
Westerplatte, a narrow peninsula framing the Bay of Gdańsk, was the scene of one of the first battles of World War II in Europe. On Sept....
Jared Staudt
Jul 27, 20234 min read
‘Lord, to whom shall we go?’: How the Eucharist changes our life
We eat food in order to live. Jesus offered himself as the “bread of life” so that we could live a different kind of life. We have a hard...
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