Canceled in China
by George WeigelI wish that the Chinese regime had confidence in its people’s capacity for living nobly and productively as free men and women. Continue Reading »
Candace Owens Doesn’t Speak for Catholics
by Andrew Doran and Mary Eberstadt“Catholic anti-Semite” isn’t just an error. It’s an oxymoron. Continue Reading »
Witness to Hope, Twenty-Five Years Later
by George WeigelWitness to Hope continues to strengthen the faith of Catholics and lead seekers to Christ and his Church. Continue Reading »
On Distinguishing Justice and Vengeance
by Francis X. MaierAfter a decade of media outrage, Vatican oversight, victim reparations, and reform, one might expect that the SCV would be allowed a breather to rebuild. Not so. Continue Reading »
“Sinicization” Is Not Inculturation
by George WeigelCatholic faith in China must be conformed to “Xi Jinping Thought.” Continue Reading »
Repurposing the Catholic Campaign for Human Development
by George WeigelThe Catholic Campaign for Human Development has paid, if indirectly, for anti-Catholic political activity. Continue Reading »
Lessons from Beer Halls
by Mark PerkinsEvery school can make beauty a higher priority, and those that can build genuine landmarks should do so.
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Potholes on the Road to Synod 2024
by George WeigelThe recent Synod “news” release is propaganda for an exercise that has thus far been bogged down in ecclesiastical navel-gazing. Continue Reading »
Immortal Diamond
by Edmund WaldsteinIn March 2022, the Nordic Bishops’ Conference sent an open letter to the president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg. The Nordic bishops began by mentioning their historic debt of gratitude to the German Church: In Norway, for instance, the nineteenth-century . . . . Continue Reading »
Mozart’s God
by Richard BratbyIn a glass case at Mozart’s birthplace in Salzburg is a small wax doll. Its eyes look demurely downward, it wears a crown several times the size of its head, and it is clad in a richly embroidered garment that looks like nothing so much as a sumptuous eighteenth-century ball gown. This is . . . . Continue Reading »
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