The Blessed Ulma Family and Our Catholic Moment
by George WeigelThe Ulmas lived the parable of the Good Samaritan literally. Continue Reading »
Living Communio in Cracow
by George WeigelThere are in fact a lot of good things going on in Catholicism today. Continue Reading »
Poland's Moment
by Filip MazurczakApril 2, the eighteenth anniversary of John Paul II’s death, was a cold, rainy day in Poland. Yet upwards of 50,000 Poles descended upon Warsaw in a march defending St. John Paul II against slander. Continue Reading »
Christian Solidarity vs. Barbarism
by George WeigelThis instinct for solidarity is one marker of a living Christian culture. Continue Reading »
Providence at Work in Poland
by Raymond J. de SouzaAgainst our bleak horizon, it seems impossible to hope that peace and liberty may prevail. But Providence is still at work, if hidden from our eyes. Continue Reading »
Two Families and the Communion of Saints
by George WeigelChristians live in a different time zone because of the communion of saints: our spiritual solidarity, in this world, with those Christians who now live in the presence of the Thrice-Holy God and those who are being purified. Continue Reading »
Freedom After Communism
by Ben SixsmithThe fight for freedom can be intoxicating. Defining it has proved more difficult.
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On John Paul II’s 75th Anniversary
by George WeigelJohn 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 »
What We’ve Been Reading—November 2021
by EditorsOur editors reflect on Czesław Miłosz, crime fiction, Roger Scruton, and the divine right of kings. Continue Reading »
The Casaroli Myth
by George WeigelThe ongoing Roman celebration of the Casaroli Ostpolitik as a triumph for Vatican diplomacy and a model for the future is sheer mythmaking—and damaging mythmaking at that. Continue Reading »
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