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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

Bad Faith Arguments

George Weigel

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

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The Washington Free Beacon / April 20, 2025