A Shanksville Meditation

by George Weigel

The men and women of Flight 93 who chose not to flinch in the face of wickedness affirmed the dignity of human life.  Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2021 0

Wanted: A Catholic Chaim Potok

by George Weigel

To the Israelites belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the law-giving, the worship, and the promises; theirs were the patriarchs, and from them came the Messiah. Continue Reading »

25 Aug 2021 0

The Washington Post and the Church of Me

by George Weigel

The idea of freedom in the Church of Me was neatly captured by that great moral philosopher, Frank Sinatra, when he sang, “I did it my way.” Underwriting that self-centered (indeed, selfish) concept of freedom is the idea that the human person is just a twitching bundle of desires, the satisfaction of which is what we mean by “human rights.” Continue Reading »

10 Aug 2016 0

An Epistolary Romp through Catholicism

by George Weigel

In 2003, Elizabeth Maguire, publisher of Basic Books, made a proposal: I should write Letters to a Young Catholic as part of a series she was doing that included volumes like Letters to a Young Contrarian, Letters to a Young Chef, Letters to a Young Golfer, Letters to a Young Lawyer, and so forth. . . . . Continue Reading »

2 Sep 2015 0

The Making of a Misleading Metaphor

by Kenneth L. Woodward

The sturdiest storyline in the coverage of the canonization of two popes last Sunday was a narrative that claimed that Pope Francis yoked the two in a single ceremony because he wanted to unite the conservative and progressing wings of the Catholic Church—as represented by John XXIII (favored by progressives) and John Paul II (ditto by conservatives). That was the narrative in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and among several Catholic pundits who really should have known better. . . . Continue Reading»

30 Apr 2014 0