Courage in the Slough of Despond

by George Weigel

The courage of the Wojtyła electors forty years ago should be an antidote to the despair some Catholics feel today. Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2018

The Mystery Parenthesis

by John Waters

Irish culture no longer supports any intelligence of the transcendent. Continue Reading »

23 Aug 2018

WYD-1993: The Turning Point

by George Weigel

With World Youth Day 1993, Catholicism in America discovered the adventure of the New Evangelization. Continue Reading »

8 Aug 2018

“You Have to Decide.”

by George Weigel

Helping his young friends to see the good and choose it as a matter of habit—growth in virtue—was Karol Wojtyła's pastoral method. Continue Reading »

8 Nov 2017

A Papal Tutor of Heroic Virtue

by George Weigel

To teach prayer and holiness to edgy adolescents is no small achievement. To do it under the pressures of a homicidal Nazi Occupation is remarkable. To do it with a future pope means that Jan Tyranowski’s lessons extend far beyond Dębniki and touch the entire world. Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2017

Fake History

by George Weigel

Everyone has a right to their opinion about the state of Catholicism in 2017, but no one has a right to invent their own Church history. Continue Reading »

18 Jan 2017

A (Liturgical) New Year’s Resolution

by George Weigel

Permit me to suggest a Real New Year’s resolution to those who think it necessary to support Pope Francis by rewriting recent Church history: Stop it. Continue Reading »

30 Nov 2016

How to Mark the Death of a Devil?

by K. E. Colombini

Perhaps now, with the death of a sinner, the country may turn from his evil ways—and find life instead. Continue Reading »

29 Nov 2016

Gloucester Fisherman, American Veteran, Polish Benefactor

by George Weigel

The remarkable, wonderful story of Curtis Dagley and the Poles who remembered him with gratitude seventy years later is a poignant reminder of real American greatness. Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2016

Lund and the Quest for Christian Unity

by Timothy George

In going to Lund to participate with Lutherans in a joint commemoration of the Reformation, Pope Francis is following in the footsteps of his two papal predecessors, both of whom were deeply committed to the ecumenical pathway set forth in the documents of Vatican II. Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2016