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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 26, 20254 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 26, 20254 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 25, 20254 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 25, 20253 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 22, 20253 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 20, 20254 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 19, 20254 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 18, 20253 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 16, 20256 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 13, 20254 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 12, 20254 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 12, 20256 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 11, 20253 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 9, 20256 min read


Petrocentrism: a problem?
(Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez) One hundred fifty-five years ago, when the freshly minted Kingdom of Italy conquered the rump of the Papal States...

George Weigel
Jun 4, 20253 min read


Love the Church and Step Boldly Into the Mission
St. Joan of Arc by Albert Lynch, c. 1903. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) As we begin a new papacy with Pope Leo XIV, we find...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Jun 2, 20254 min read


Miscarriage, Grief and the Closeness of God: One Mother's Story
(Photo: Lightstock) By Meg Stout Yesterday began, what I am sure will be, one of the longest two weeks of my life. We learned that our...

Guest Contributor
May 30, 20253 min read


The Surprising Truth About Zeal for Souls (And Why You Might Not Have It Yet)
(Photo: Lightstock) “Do you have zeal for souls?” My mentor asked me that question point-blank, and I wasn’t quite sure what he meant. I...

Tanner Kalina
May 28, 20255 min read


A Catholic fix for American higher education?
(Photo: Unsplash) Why are so many American colleges and universities in crisis? Drew Gilpin Faust, an accomplished Civil War historian,...

George Weigel
May 28, 20253 min read


How Art, Scripture and Tradition Come Together in Mary’s May Crowning
Madonna of the Magnificat by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1481. Tempera on wood. 46 in × 47 in. Uffizi, Florence. (Photo: Public...

Elizabeth Zelasko
May 23, 20254 min read
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