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Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate
(Photo: Unsplash) "Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate” was printed on the punch cards that fed data into IBM computers in the 1950s, when...

George Weigel
Jul 163 min read


The Texas Floods: How to Answer Your Children Who Are Asking Questions
A call to prayer from a 9-year old who just wanted to know the answer to one question: ‘Did the girls who died go straight to heaven?...

National Catholic Register
Jul 114 min read


Why We Need the Creed: An Anniversary that Matters
Mosaic detail of Christ Pantocrator from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) Anniversaries help us to...

Jared Staudt
Jul 105 min read


The Ascension vs. Human Composting
Ascension by Francisco Camilo, c. 1651. Background added. (Photos: Public Domain/Unsplash) There are many reasons to regret the transfer...

George Weigel
Jul 93 min read


Independence Day #249
(Photo: Lightstock, edited) In the twelve months leading up to next year’s American semiquincentennial, the tale will frequently be told...

George Weigel
Jul 23 min read


God Keeps His Promise: A Pentecost Art Reflection on the Advocate Who Dwells Within
Pentecost by Jean Restout, c. 1732. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) It is easy to be caught off guard by Pentecost. If I don’t...

Elizabeth Zelasko
Jun 274 min read


Solidarity: The Path Between Nationalism and Globalism
(Photo: Lightstock) We are one human family, yet we are born as members of a particular nation. Christians are reborn as members of...

Jared Staudt
Jun 264 min read


Why Adam and Eve Weren’t Ashamed — and Why That Still Matters Today
What Adam and Eve's Original Nakedness in the Garden of Eden Reveals About God’s Plan and True Intimacy, According to the Theology of the...

Mary Beth Bonacci
Jun 264 min read


The Only Guaranteed Investment
(Photo: Unsplash) I’m certainly no financial wizard. One look at my bank account will verify that (please send help?!). But with my...

Tanner Kalina
Jun 254 min read


On Flannery O’Connor’s Centenary
(Photo: Adobe Stock) How appropriate that Flannery O’Connor should have been born on the Solemnity of the Annunciation: the liturgical...

George Weigel
Jun 253 min read


Meeting the world to convert the world
Vatican II in session, circa 1962-1965. (Photo: Catholic Press/Wikimedia Commons) In a June post at the website Where Peter Is , author...

George Weigel
Jun 223 min read


Against the War of Words: An Open Letter to Catholic Leaders
(Photo: Unsplash) During my childhood, communism, which Pope Leo XIII had condemned in the previous century, loomed as a global threat...

Paul Winkler
Jun 204 min read


Wounded Love: Self-protection vs. Self-gift
(Photo: Lightstock) My first job at a parish after graduating from college was a bit of a shock. Coming down the mountain, so to speak,...

Allison Auth
Jun 194 min read


“Public” does not = “state” or “government”
(Photo: Unsplash) In its recent non-decision, St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic School v. Drummond , the U.S. Supreme Court let...

George Weigel
Jun 183 min read


God, Community, Mission: A Call to Christian Community
(Photo courtesy of the Sisters of Life) By Mother Agnes Mary, S.V. “The people who died in Dachau shaped my adult life.” With these...

Guest Contributor
Jun 166 min read


Serving the Family, Serving the Church: The Dual Vocation of a Deacon
Abram with his wife and children. (Photo provided) “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training...

Guest Contributor
Jun 134 min read


Why We Need the Eastern Churches, In Pope Leo XIV’s Own Words
Pope Leo XIV greets participants of the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity” in...

Jared Staudt
Jun 124 min read


Faith and Algorithms: A Catholic Software Engineer on Pope Leo’s Call for an Ethical Use of AI
Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile at the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square for Mass on Pentecost Sunday on June 8, 2025. (Photo:...
Joseph Kneusel
Jun 126 min read


Yes, it’s our war, too
(Photo: Unsplash) In late May, Trump administration officials at the highest level, frustrated by what they regard as Vladimir Putin’s...

George Weigel
Jun 113 min read


Is Biohacking Playing God? A Christian Take on Health, Longevity and Humility
A patient seeks out red light therapy, which is said to have positive effects on skin and overall health. (Photo: Pexels) The Promises of...

Mallory Smyth
Jun 96 min read
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