George Weigel is distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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George Weigel
Vatican diplomacy, absent a recognition of the basic moral and political asymmetries in this brutal war, might make matters worse, with a misconceived and ill-executed “peace mission.” Continue Reading »
No doubt globalization has had adverse consequences for some Americans; it has also helped lift as many as two billion people out of abject poverty. Continue Reading »
It takes a critical mass of citizens, living by certain virtues and the convictions that undergird them, to make a democracy work so that the result is individual human flourishing and social solidarity. Continue Reading »
The issue of American aid for Ukraine should be decided on its own merits, and with a clear strategic and moral understanding of the current situation. Continue Reading »
Without de Lubac’s pioneering work, the key texts of Vatican II would not be so richly scriptural and patristic in content and style. Continue Reading »
Are we experiencing the third great crisis of the Catholic Church? Continue Reading »
Sixty years later, we find ourselves asking: Is the vision of Pope John XXIII's Pacem in Terris realistic? Continue Reading »
The theologians’ guild is now promoting proportionalism in, of all places, Roman universities. Continue Reading »
On February 24, 2022, something considered so unlikely in the twenty-first century as to be almost unimaginable happened: A large European state mounted a full-scale, full-spectrum invasion of another large European state. The invaded state posed no threat to the aggressor’s security, only to . . . . Continue Reading »
Salvation history is the inner dynamic of “world history.” Continue Reading »
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