Ukraine and a Peace Worthy of the Name
September 4, 2025
Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual lodestar is St. Augustine. In his first months in office, the Holy Father summoned the Church...
George Weigel
Unseen Sacrifices in An Age of Martyrdom
August 27, 2025
Robert Royal and I have been friends, colleagues, and co-conspirators for nigh on four decades.
Meeting the World to Convert the World
August 20, 2025
Vatican II did not call the Church to just “meet the modern world.” The council called the Church to convert...
A Rahnerian Surprise: Rahner’s Dual Nature
August 13, 2025
Karl Rahner, SJ (1904-1984), one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th century, is a favorite whipping boy...
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
July 30, 2025
“Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate” was printed on the punch cards that fed data into IBM computers in the...
On the Centenary of Flannery O’Connor
July 24, 2025
How appropriate that Flannery O’Connor should have been born on the solemnity of the Annunciation: the liturgical feast celebrating the...
‘We’ the People Look To ‘America 250’
July 17, 2025
That national civic renewal will begin when, one by one, “We, the People” rebuild the link between freedom and virtue;...
The Ascension vs. Human Composting
July 9, 2025
The Ascension is thus crucial in the Church’s response to the crisis of our time, which is the crisis in...
‘Public’ ≠ State’ Or ‘Government’
June 25, 2025
In its recent nondecision in St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic School v. Drummond, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand...
Yes, Ukraine-Russia Is Our War, Too
June 18, 2025
In late May, Trump administration officials at the highest level, frustrated by what they regard as Vladimir Putin’s incomprehensible obstreperousness...