Secularism, Security, & ‘Civilizational Erasure’
January 14, 2026
Unless and until a critical mass of Europeans recognizes that woke secularism cannot provide a firm cultural foundation for either...
George Weigel
German Bishops, Over the Cliff
January 7, 2026
On Oct. 30, the German bishops’ conference announced the publication of a text by the bishops’ Commission on Schools and...
Rome and the Church in the U.S.
December 17, 2025
Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore, who confirmed my father, was a pugnacious Irishman with a taste for shocking people...
Books to Read This Christmas
December 10, 2025
Here are 11 suggestions of books to consider gifting that entertain, inform, and open new horizons of understanding.
Ukraine’s Religious Leaders & Munich 2.0
December 3, 2025
That new configuration of religious and moral witness in Ukraine has shown its strength during more than three years of...
‘Dignitatis Humanae’ Changing History
November 26, 2025
On Dec. 7, 1965, Pope Paul solemnly promulgated the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, known by its Latin incipit (opening...
Sportsmanship & Our Season of Discontents
November 19, 2025
The deterioration of our games is part and parcel of the deterioration of our culture. And as politics is downstream...
Newman & the New Ultramontanism
November 12, 2025
The All Saints’ Day proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as a Doctor of the Church was entirely welcome, if...
Vatican II’s Timely Anniversary
November 6, 2025
Antisemitism is a malignancy in society. Throughout modern political history, rising antisemitism has been an unmistakable marker of cultural decay.
Britain Dying From Compassion
October 29, 2025
The “Mother of Parliaments” — that’s the one in London — has been embroiled for months in a debate over...