Catholic Studies publication
Radiant in the Gulag and Elsewhere
George Weigel
And no woman of our Catholic moment embodied this Christocentric fidelity—opening doors to Christ, accompanying him to Calvary, living in the joy of the Resurrection—more than Sr. Nijolė Sadūnaitė.
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Syndicated Column / April 17, 2024
When Ideology and Blasphemy Meet
George Weigel
In light of this most recent statement of Russian genocidal purpose, calls for “peace” negotiations in Ukraine serve no purpose except to foul the global information space further.
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Syndicated Column / April 10, 2024
Creation and the Order of Love
Stephen P. White
When we cooperate with the order of Creation, we grow and become more like the one who created us.
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The Catholic Thing / April 4, 2024
Baseball and Rumors of Angels
George Weigel
For baseball is a “signal of transcendence”—a window into the supernatural—in several ways.
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Syndicated Column / April 4, 2024
Easter, Creation, and Holiness
George Weigel
Throughout the Lenten itinerary of conversion we have lived for six weeks, the Church has asked us to reflect on God’s thirst for us.
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Syndicated Column / March 27, 2024
Notes on the Man from Kerioth
Francis X. Maier
The Church, like any human institution, is comprised of people. And each of those people, including ourselves, is a sinner, from plumber to pope, with the sin of greed high on the popularity list.
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The Catholic Thing / March 27, 2024
Following the Jewish Jesus
George Weigel
Over the past 1,800 years, other deviant Christian thinkers have tried to “take the Jewish out of Jesus,” so to speak.
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Syndicated Column / March 20, 2024
The Good News Is That The Bad News Isn’t All The News There Is
George Weigel
A suggestion for a different kind of Lenten fast: Give up Catholic bad news-mongering.
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Syndicated Column / March 13, 2024
The ‘Our’ in Our Democracy
Francis X. Maier
“Our democracy” is on the brink of a theocratic coup. “Our democracy” is being hijacked by racists, fascists, homophobes, and misogynists.
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The Catholic Thing / March 13, 2024
Pope Francis Waves a White Flag at Vladimir Putin
George Weigel
In urging the victim to yield to the aggressor, he repudiates centuries of Catholic teaching.
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Wall Street Journal / March 13, 2024
How to Build a Healthy Culture
Stephen P. White
American culture, such as it is, has never really been Catholic. We have had many Catholic subcultures, some of them thriving.
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The Catholic Thing / March 7, 2024