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...
George Weigel
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...
The Problem(s) With ‘LGBTQ Catholic’
October 22, 2025
We are all sinners in constant need of the redeeming grace of Christ, as Pope Leo XIV forcefully reminds us....
A Russian Reset is Required in Rome
October 16, 2025
Whatever pragmatic sense that might once have made, “The road from Rome to Constantinople runs through Moscow” is now theologically...
An Important Civics Lesson, Well Taught
October 8, 2025
The permanent exhibit in the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington includes original copies of the Declaration of Independence,...
Catholics and Gender Ideology
October 3, 2025
In this raw, emotionally overwrought moment in our public life, few topics generate more passion than gender ideology and the...
A Heroic Example: Cal Ripken Jr.
September 25, 2025
America needs the example of a real hero: I give you Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.
Let’s Make America Serious Again
September 17, 2025
War is raging in Ukraine, a beleaguered, brutalized country that looks to the United States for support in its struggle...
Is It Time to Move Beyond ‘Synoding’?
September 10, 2025
Assuming that the synodal process is not an end in itself and recognizing that the synodal process of 2021-2024 has...