George Weigel

Vatican diplomacy seems to be reverting to a Casaroli-style accommodation of thuggish regimes. Continue Reading »

The Catholicism with a future is the Catholicism of the Second Vatican Council. Continue Reading »

Recent papal history suggests that certain qualities are needed in the Bishop of Rome at this turbulent period in history.  Continue Reading »

On May 18, 1920, a third child and second son was born to a retired Polish army officer, Captain Karol Wojtyła, and his wife, Emilia, in Wadowice, a provincial town some fifty kilometers west of Kraków. At his baptism on June 20, the child was named for his father. To what would have been the . . . . Continue Reading »

Since plague time began, I’ve found the following books reassuring, challenging, illuminating, and in some cases just plain fun. Continue Reading »

Many Catholic schools in the United States are in serious trouble because of COVID-19. Continue Reading »

Cardinal George Pell was scapegoated by the Royal Commission for the gross failures of other bishops. Why? Continue Reading »

Astronomy Picture of the Day provides me with a preview of what I hope to see post-mortem: the glory of God declared in a display of astronomical wonders. Continue Reading »

This latest display of Beijing’s intent to enforce communist power in Hong Kong coincides with the most recent persecution of Jimmy Lai.  Continue Reading »

What Father Alexander Sherbrooke has done at St. Patrick’s Church in London is little short of miraculous. Continue Reading »