Those demeaning John Paul’s intellectual and moral heroism in a lame attempt to defend the Liquid Catholicism that has proven an evangelical failure everywhere are examples of intellectual exhaustion and evangelical cowardice in the face of woke cultural aggression. Continue Reading »
John Paul II became the most politically consequential pope since the High Middle Ages by being a witness to Christ and to the truths about our humanity. Continue Reading »
Will we encourage an economy that works for its people? Or one in which people in Silicon Valley and elsewhere can work and do well, while cash payments from Washington pacify those left behind? Continue Reading »
Stefan Wyszyński's efforts at reconciliation with Germany show that he was also able to do courageous and brilliant things without popular support—the mark of a true shepherd. Continue Reading »
Anniversaries make clear the history that was hidden at the time. Continue Reading »
Colonel Ryszard Kukliński took a courageous stand against communism’s culture of death, knowing that freedom is never cost-free. Continue Reading »
Three decades of work and conversation in Poland have shaped me in ways I would not have thought possible thirty years ago. Continue Reading »
Centesimus Annus, like all great encyclicals, has endured and matured over time. Continue Reading »
Father Zięba worked tirelessly to make John Paul’s thought and pastoral vision come alive in Polish Catholicism. Continue Reading »
Cardinal Camillo Ruini says reports of miracles—“and what miracles!”—were pouring into the Vicariate of Rome even before the canonization process began. Continue Reading »
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