INTERVIEW: Weigel Part of France's Papal Preparations
"God's Choice" Translation Released Ahead of Pope's Visit
By Karna Swanson
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
As France is getting ready for Benedict XVI's arrival, American author and Catholic theologian George Weigel finds himself to be part of the preparations. French editing house Mame-Edifa-Magnificat has released -- just in time for the occasion -- the translation of Weigels' book God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church.  [Read More]

INTERVIEW: Weigel on the 2008 Election
By George Weigel
Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008
EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel was recently interviewed on the 2008 U.S. election by the Italian newspaper, Avvenire. Excerpts from the interview appeared in the July 13 issue of Avvenire; the full text of the interview appears below.  [Read More]

George Weigel on the Papal Visit to the United States
By George Weigel
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Church best attracts "customers" by being itself, not by trying to be something else. All over the world, it's the religious communities which have watered down their doctrinal and moral identity that are dying, while those who have maintained visible doctrinal and moral boundaries are growing. That should tell us something about "marketing."  [Read More]

Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church in America
By George Weigel
Posted: Monday, April 21, 2008
Pope Benedict, like Pope John Paul II, is regarded as a moral reference point by many Americans, so his visit will touch people far beyond the Catholic community. What he says to the world about moral reason from the rostrum of the U.N. will be of importance globally.  [Read More]

George Weigel and the Pope
By George Weigel
Posted: Friday, April 18, 2008
I think America as a whole expects to meet a wide religious and moral leader, who shares the historic American commitment to promote and defend religious freedom around the world. I think the Church in the United States, which is the most vital and vibrant local church in the developed world, is expecting words of encouragement from its chief shepherd.   [Read More]

"Faith & Culture" Returns for Third Season
By Colleen Carroll Campbell
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2008
The third season of  "Faith & Culture" will begin airing on EWTN on April 6, 2008. Hosted by EPPC Fellow Colleen Carroll Campbell, "Faith and Culture" is designed to help viewers consider today's most contentious political and cultural debates from a Christian perspective.   [Read More]

Rewriting History by Law is Stalinist
George Weigel on current politics in Spain.
By George Weigel
Posted: Monday, January 14, 2008
The institutional separation of church and state -- which is good for the Catholic Church -- cannot mean the separation of religious and moral conviction from public life. It is profoundly undemocratic to tell people of faith that they can’t bring the deepest sources of their moral convictions -- religious sources -- into public life.  [Read More]

George Weigel Named Distinguished Senior Fellow
By George Weigel
Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2007
On the unanimous recommendation of EPPC's board of directors, EPPC is pleased to name George Weigel its first Distinguished Senior Fellow.  "George's new title is in recognition of his remarkable contributions to EPPC over the past two decades," said William R. Burleigh, chairman of EPPC's board.  [Read More]

Spanish University Gives Honorary Doctorate to George Weigel
By George Weigel
Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2007
On November 14, 2007, Abad Oliba University in Barcelona, Spain, gave a Honoris Causa Doctorate to EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel.  [Read More]

Santorum to Speak at Christendom College's Summer Institute
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007
Christendom College’s annual Summer Institute will be held on Saturday, July 21, at its Front Royal, Virginia, campus. The one-day conference, entitled “Marriage and the Family,” will feature Christendom College faculty and guest speakers Fr. Benedict Groeschel, EPPC Senior Fellow Rick Santorum, Bishop Robert Morlino, and Bishop Thomas Welsh.   [Read More]