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AWOL doctors at the Catholic field hospital
The Healing of the Cripple of Bethesda by Pieter Aertsen, c. 1575. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) Pope Francis’s image of the...

George Weigel
Mar 1, 20233 min read


Memo to Gen Z Catholics: Why Vatican II Is Still Important
A procession of cardinals enters St. Peter's in Rome, opening the Second Vatican Council. Original painting by Franklin McMahon, c. 1962....

George Weigel
Feb 15, 20234 min read


What Pro-Choice Black Leadership Has Wrought
The corner of Connecticut Avenue and M Street in downtown Washington is occasionally patrolled by young men and women seeking signatures...

George Weigel
Feb 8, 20233 min read


“Inclusion” and Catholicism
Back in the day, kiddie-Catholics learned that the Church had four “marks:” the Church is one, holy, catholic (as in “universal”), and...

George Weigel
Feb 1, 20233 min read


The White-Martyr Cardinals’ Dinner
On the night of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s funeral, Cardinal George Pell hosted a dinner in his apartment for a group of like-minded...

George Weigel
Jan 25, 20233 min read


Cardinal George Pell: The Encourager
On Tuesday, January 3, when Cardinal George Pell and I went to pay our respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, lying in state in St....

George Weigel
Jan 18, 20233 min read


Bob Andrews: A large and patriotic life
(Photo: Unsplash) The beginning of my friendship with Bob Andrews, who died this past December 2, would probably astonish contemporary...

George Weigel
Jan 11, 20233 min read


A world without rules?
Let us stipulate that the terms “international community” and “rules-based international order” have often been reduced to meaningless...

George Weigel
Oct 25, 20223 min read


An Open Letter to the Synod General Secretary
His Eminence, Mario Cardinal Grech General Secretary Synod of Bishops 00120 Vatican City Your Eminence: The “National Synthesis of the...

George Weigel
Oct 5, 20223 min read


“Matthew 25 Catholics”?
Barring a startling lurch to starboard in the Empire State, Kathy Hochul, who as lieutenant governor succeeded the unlamented Andrew...

George Weigel
Aug 17, 20223 min read


Another assault on John Paul II
On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II had lunch in the papal apartment with Dr. Jerome Lejeune, the renowned French pediatrician and...

George Weigel
Jul 27, 20223 min read


"Dobbs" hysteria and Russian disinformation
There are striking parallels between the Russian disinformation campaign that continues to foul the global communications space in the...

George Weigel
May 18, 20223 min read


A new patron saint for Catholic journalism
ROME. As of May 15, Catholic journalists around the world will be able to count one of their number among the saints, as Titus Brandsma,...

George Weigel
May 11, 20223 min read


An Orthodox awakening
For years, the two leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church with whom Pope Francis met by videoconference on March 16 — Kirill, Patriarch...

George Weigel
Mar 23, 20223 min read


Archbishop Viganó and Colonel Grace-Groundling-Marchpole
One of the minor characters in Evelyn Waugh’s World War II trilogy, Sword of Honor , is the commander of a super-secret military...

George Weigel
Mar 16, 20223 min read


A Shanksville meditation
The most moving feature of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, are the pictures of the 40 brave men and women...

George Weigel
Oct 27, 20213 min read


A Catholic gentleman behind the plate
As Major League Baseball begins its post-season, let us pause and remember the late, great Bill Freehan of the Detroit Tigers, who died...

George Weigel
Oct 6, 20213 min read


A bold Catholic investment in inner city education
It’s a safe bet that “Mother Mary Lange” is not a household name in most U.S. Catholic circles. That unhappy state of affairs may change,...

George Weigel
Sep 15, 20213 min read


A Church in mission or a Church in meetings?
On the Solemnity of Christ the King in 2013, Pope Francis completed the work of the 2012 Synod of Bishops with the apostolic exhortation,...

George Weigel
Aug 18, 20213 min read


A most unfortunate Roman intervention
On May 7, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, SJ, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sent a letter to Archbishop José Gomez,...

George Weigel
May 19, 20213 min read
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