George Weigel

There are in fact a lot of good things going on in Catholicism today. Continue Reading »

Major Archbishop Shevchuk has confronted a horrific situation with a resolve born of deep faith. Continue Reading »

Archbishop Fernández is no Joseph Ratzinger in either theological heft or in his relationship to the pope he will serve. Continue Reading »

There are few enthusiasts for the current China policy in the College of Cardinals. It is a failure that is damaging the Church’s moral authority and witness. Continue Reading »

In some Catholic circles, it is thought that the path toward peace in Ukraine will be traversed through a dialogue between politically and morally symmetrical parties. That, however, is manifestly false.  Continue Reading »

John Paul II did not pander to the young. He understood from experience that deep within the youthful heart is a yearning for meaning, for nobility, for greatness.  Continue Reading »

What bishop Aguiar did not explain was why fulfilling the Great Commission through evangelization and catechesis—hitherto understood to be essential components of any World Youth Day—was “proselytism.”  Continue Reading »

If October’s Synod on Synodality is going to contribute to the evangelization of a world sorely in need of holiness, then the Synod is going to have to take the saints far more seriously than its Working Document does. Continue Reading »

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., Synod-2023’s relator general, said that the Synod’s purpose was not changing Catholic teaching but “listening.” To which one must ask, “listening to what end”? Continue Reading »

The Synodal Assembly in October will have to rescue the Synod from its Working Document. This has been done before, and it can and should be done again, in fidelity to the spirit and letter of Vatican II.  Continue Reading »