George Weigel is distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
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George Weigel
Is Vatican II’s achievement in reaffirming the authority of bishops being undercut by the current preparatory process for the “Synod on Synodality” of 2023 and 2024? Continue Reading »
In To Sanctify the World, I suggest that the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI should be understood as one, continuous, thirty-five-year arc of conciliar interpretation. Continue Reading »
President Biden's claims to being fully Catholic are an embarrassment for the Church due to his vehement advocacy for abortion. Continue Reading »
Want to know what a world without order, a world in which even tacit rules are flouted with seeming impunity, looks like? Continue Reading »
Some today think Vatican II was a big mistake, though examination reveals the opposite. Continue Reading »
Is there anything new to be said about the Second Vatican Council? I think there is. And I hope to have said it in To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II, which has just been published by Basic Books. Continue Reading »
The new document by the USCCB in preparation for the 2021–2023 Synod on Synodality overlooks the surging vibrancy of Catholicism in America. Continue Reading »
Upon examination, one finds that Queen Elizabeth II's “one misstep” was not a misstep at all. Continue Reading »
Surveying the world Catholic scene today, there are several questions to be settled, if evangelization is to be fruitful in drawing others to, or back to, Christ. Continue Reading »
Lay Catholics can be helpful in identifying potential bishops with the apostolic zeal, and with the personal qualities and skills needed to be a leader whom others are eager to follow. Continue Reading »
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