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There is a new kind of intolerance “strangling open discussion across the West,” and this new brand of intolerance is linked closely with the sexual revolution.

The priesthood, just like the laity, is peopled by humans; and humans are creatures with flaws.

The Synodal Way’s sexual revolution is a break with the faith, not only with Rome.

Weigel reflects on Pope Francis’ last 10 years; the good, the bad, and the ugly.

White illustrates the importance of the Gospel during Lent and the division in the Catholic Church that can only be fixed by living and preaching the Gospel.

In its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), the Second Vatican Council firmly applied the brakes to “ultramontanism”—the overheated…

All those we love, and we ourselves, will one day go through that great black door of death. We need to acknowledge that fact and not try to evade or soften it. Without God, life really is a tragedy, and our mourning is a meaningless biochemical reaction. But our story doesn’t end there. The door has another side: a side of light, with a waiting, loving God.

The Catholic Church today is a field hospital and some of the triage doctors, rather than curing the wounded, are insisting that the hospital no longer tell people that landmines will kill you.

The father who says he likes being tough on his kids is a liar. Fathers want to be loved, and too often they’re lonely.

Bronwen McShea’s new book, La Duchesse captures with vivid grace and detail the life of one of the most important, if unheralded, women in French history.

Stephen White celebrates the coming of Lent and spiritual renewal with traditional Lenten practices such as reading and copying the Gospels.

In his syndicated column, Weigel discusses the defense of order and decency in world politics for Fr. Gudziak and Fr. Shevchuk in light of recent historical events.