George Weigel

Over the 50-plus years of its existence, no one has figured out how to make the Synod of Bishops really work.  Continue Reading »

For all its faults, the Catholic Church in the United States lives the New Evangelization better than any other local Church in the developed world.  Continue Reading »

Sigitas Tamkevicius’s enrollment in the College of Cardinals was a papal tribute to a brave man who exemplifies the best the Society of Jesus offers the Church and the world. Continue Reading »

John XXIII knew that the Church’s evangelical mission would only meet the needs of the day if it were anchored in the ancient, abiding truths bequeathed to it. Continue Reading »

Contrary to both traditionalist and progressive misconceptions, Catholicism was not a placid institution, free of controversy and contention, prior to Vatican II.  Continue Reading »

Much of the Catholic Church in Germany is in a de facto state of schism.  Continue Reading »

Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput’s work has been a glowing embodiment of the “Church permanently in mission.”  Continue Reading »

The current crisis in the global Church is not the worst crisis in Catholic history, but it is bad enough. Nor is it confined to the scandals of clerical sexual abuse and malfeasant Church leadership, though those scandals crystallize its meaning and implications. Today’s crisis must be properly . . . . Continue Reading »

The John Paul II Institute has been hijacked by a new pack of Vandals conducting a new sack of Rome. Continue Reading »

Through the twists and turns of its encounter with modernity, the Catholic Church has rediscovered the basic truth about itself.  Continue Reading »