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To Restore All Things in Christ
Francis X. Maier
The following lecture was delivered at the 2025 Christendom College Commencement. A few days ago, I returned from two weeks…
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Christendom College / May 17, 2025
Hopes for a new pontificate
George Weigel
It is entirely reasonable to hope that Pope Leo XIV will govern in such a way that Catholics are reminded of a basic truth: solidity, not liquidity, is the hallmark of “the faith once delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3).
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The Catholic World Report / May 14, 2025
Ringing Out Hope in Nagasaki
George Weigel
he riddle of Japanese Catholicism has long fascinated me. At the end of World War II, Catholics were less than…
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Syndicated Column / May 7, 2025
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 8—The Papal Interregnum
Francis X. Maier, Noelle Mering
Carnal and Holy, Sacred and Profane by Francis X. Maier The Basilica of San Clemente is one of Rome’s treasures….
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First Things / May 6, 2025
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 7—The Papal Interregnum
George Weigel, Mary FioRito
On the Eve of a Conclave of Great Consequence:Some Reflections by George Weigel While some of the cardinal-electors have been…
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First Things / May 5, 2025
Letters from Rome 2025, No. 6—The Papal Interregnum
George Weigel, Mary Rice Hasson, Theresa Farnan
The Anthropological Revolution and Its Challenge by Theresa Farnan and Mary Hasson Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor begins with a prophetic…
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First Things / May 3, 2025
Along the Tiber: Lessons from the Past for the Present
Francis X. Maier
From “Letters from Rome 2025—The Papal Interregnum No. 3.”
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First Things / April 30, 2025
Europe and America
George Weigel
In 2005, I published a small book entitled The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God. It had a…
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Syndicated Column / April 30, 2025
Retrospect on a Pontificate
George Weigel
During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself, proponents of Cardinal…
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Syndicated Column / April 23, 2025
The High Stakes in Choosing the Next Pope
George Weigel
Mystery and drama always surround a conclave, but the deeper issue is the mission of the Catholic Church in the modern world.
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The Wall Street Journal / April 23, 2025
Pope Francis’ Legacy of Question Marks
Francis X. Maier
The Argentinian pontiff, who died today at 88, sowed confusion within the Catholic Church on matters of doctrine.
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The Wall Street Journal / April 21, 2025