George Weigel is distinguished senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
Touchstone’s catalogue of evasion in Shakespeare's As You Like It closely parallels the statements made by defenders of Amoris Laetitia. Continue Reading »
Helping his young friends to see the good and choose it as a matter of habit—growth in virtue—was Karol Wojtyła's pastoral method. Continue Reading »
Somehow, communist bloodbaths have never drawn the continuous and deserved condemnation visited upon other tyrannies. Continue Reading »
True Christian reform always involves bringing into the present something the Church has laid aside or misplaced. Continue Reading »
Those who dismiss critics of Amoris Laetitia as members of a “middle-class lobby” are missing the point. Continue Reading »
The Catechism of the Catholic Church established a compelling, and in many cases quite beautifully written, benchmark and pattern for the future. Continue Reading »
An imaginary dialogue between a nominee to a Federal appeals court and members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Continue Reading »
The Church is not “ours”; the Church is Christ’s. Continue Reading »
George Weigel's Lessons in Hope is full of stories that together present a deeply etched portrait of Pope John Paul II. Continue Reading »
Paul Ryan is a longstanding advocate of decentralizing social welfare programs, but this does not mean he is deficient in either his moral commitment to the poor or his understanding of Catholic social doctrine. Continue Reading »
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