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The following lecture was delivered at the 2025 Christendom College Commencement. A few days ago, I returned from two weeks…

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).

he riddle of Japanese Catholicism has long fascinated me. At the end of World War II, Catholics were less than…

Carnal and Holy, Sacred and Profane by Francis X. Maier The Basilica of San Clemente is one of Rome’s treasures….

On the Eve of a Conclave of Great Consequence:Some Reflections by George Weigel While some of the cardinal-electors have been…

The Anthropological Revolution and Its Challenge by Theresa Farnan and Mary Hasson  Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor begins with a prophetic…

From “Letters from Rome 2025—The Papal Interregnum No. 3.”

In 2005, I published a small book entitled The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God. It had a…

During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself, proponents of Cardinal…

Mystery and drama always surround a conclave, but the deeper issue is the mission of the Catholic Church in the modern world.

The Argentinian pontiff, who died today at 88, sowed confusion within the Catholic Church on matters of doctrine.

When a book’s dust jacket describes its author as an “award-winning investigative reporter” and the author begins by describing his…