
Francis X. Maier
Senior Fellow
Francis X. Maier is a Senior Fellow in the Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Mr. Maier’s work focuses on the intersection of Christian faith, culture, and public life, with special attention to lay formation and action.
Francis X. Maier is a Senior Fellow in the Catholic Studies Program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Mr. Maier’s work focuses on the intersection of Christian faith, culture, and public life, with special attention to lay formation and action.
Mr. Maier served as senior adviser and special assistant to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., for 23 years in Denver and Philadelphia. He previously served as editor in chief of the National Catholic Register and as a story analyst and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and New York University’s School of the Arts, he is a former Fellow of the American Film Institute’s Conservatory for Advanced Film Studies, and the inaugural Senior Research Fellow (2020–22) at Notre Dame’s Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government. He is a cofounding board member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture and a board member of the Napa Institute and the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS).
His bylined work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, First Things, National Review, The American Spectator, The Catholic Thing, Crisis, This World, America, Commonweal, the New York Times Sunday magazine, Christian Science Monitor, and other national and foreign outlets. His book True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church, will be released by Ignatius Press in early 2024.
Francis X. Maier on Fear and Loathing in a Synod
October 9, 2023 | The Catholic Thing
Francis X. Maier joins Robert Royal to discuss his October 5 Wall Street Journal article “Fear and Loathing in a Synod,” on…
VIDEO: Francis X. Maier on The World Over with Raymond Arroyo
September 29, 2022 | EWTN
On September 29, Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier appeared on EWTN’s The World Over to discuss the US Bishops recent…
VIDEO: Francis X. Maier in Conversation with Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak
March 1, 2022 | Napa Institute
EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier joined Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia for a conversation…
VIDEO: Francis X. Maier in Conversation with Arthur Brooks
February 21, 2022 | Napa Institute
EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier joined Arthur Brooks for a conversation about his new book From Strength to Strength.
VIDEO: Idle Hands, Distracted Minds | Francis X. Maier and Margarita Mooney Suarez
October 27, 2021 | Scala Foundation
Sir Roger Scruton was one of the most important philosophers of recent decades who gained notoriety for exposing various ways…
VIDEO: Francis X. Maier in Conversation with Carl Trueman
November 25, 2020 | Napa Institute
EPPC Senior Fellow Francis X. Maier conducted an online conversation with Carl Trueman, hosted by the Napa Institute.
VIDEO: Fran Maier Interviews Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong business leader and pro-democracy activist
October 5, 2020 | Napa Institute
On October 5, 2020, EPPC Senior Fellow Fran Maier interviewed Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong business leader and pro-democracy activist.