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When Compromise Trumps Apostolic Tradition By George Weigel Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to Great Britain next month will unfold along a pilgrim's path metaphorically strewn with landmines.
Britain Can Benefit from Benedict By George Weigel Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The seemingly endless stories of clerical sexual abuse and the mismanagement of these sins and crimes by Catholic bishops are not the only story to be told about the Church at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.
In Defense of Israel's Legitimacy By George Weigel Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The "Friends of Israel" initiative is an effort to restore a measure of moral integrity to an international environment that is becoming increasingly toxic because of untruths and rank prejudices.
An Anniversary of Consequence By George Weigel Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The pro-life movement's most important legal victory since Roe v. Wade is jeopardized by Obamacare, and by the insouciance of some Catholics about the extension of the Hyde Amendment to future federal health care legislation.
EPPC on Book TV
Weigel Featured on "In Depth"
On Sunday, June 1, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel was featured on C-SPAN2/Book TV's program "In Depth."
The Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society will take place this summer from June 28 to July 15 in Kraków, Poland. To learn more, visit the seminar's homepage: www.eppc.org/tms.
Faith & Culture
Media and Religion
EPPC Fellow Colleen Carroll Campbelltalks with Brent Bozell, founder and president of the Media Research Center, about media coverage of religion. The television show, "Faith & Culture," is pre-empted Sunday but airs Wednesday, April 7, at 11 p.m. ET, on EWTN, the world's largest religious media network.
Relevant Catholic Commentary
The Catholic Difference
Read timely commentary written by Catholic Studies director, George Weigel published nationally in The Catholic Difference, a syndicated column.
In the March 2004 issue of First Things, Senior Fellow George Weigel participates in an exchange with Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, on just war theory and America's fight against terrorism.