George Weigel
Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies
George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a Catholic theologian and one of America’s leading public intellectuals. He holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies.
George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a Catholic theologian and one of America’s leading public intellectuals. He holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies.
From 1989 through June 1996, Mr. Weigel was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he led a wide-ranging, ecumenical and inter-religious program of research and publication on foreign and domestic policy issues.
Mr. Weigel is perhaps best known for his widely translated and internationally acclaimed two-volume biography of Pope St. John Paul II: the New York Times bestseller, Witness to Hope (1999), and its sequel, The End and the Beginning (2010). In 2017, Weigel published a memoir of the experiences that led to his work as a papal biographer: Lessons in Hope — My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II.
George Weigel is the author or editor of more than thirty other books, many of which have been translated into other languages. Among the most recent are Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church (2013); Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches (2013); Letters to a Young Catholic (2015); The Fragility of Order: Catholic Reflections on Turbulent Times (2018); The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission (2020);Not Forgotten: Elegies for, and Reminiscences of, a Diverse Cast of Characters, Most of Them Admirable (2021); and To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II (2022). His essays, op-ed columns, and reviews appear regularly in major opinion journals and newspapers across the United States. A frequent guest on television and radio, he is also Senior Vatican Analyst for NBC News. His weekly column, “The Catholic Difference,” is syndicated to eighty-five newspapers and magazines in seven countries.
Mr. Weigel received a B.A. from St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore and an M.A. from the University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto. He is the recipient of nineteen honorary doctorates in fields including divinity, philosophy, law, and social science, and has been awarded the Papal Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, Poland’s Gloria Artis Gold Medal, and Lithuania’s Diplomacy Star.
Arguments as Old as America
George Weigel
During President Reagan’s two administrations, Elliott Abrams held three senior State Department positions, as Assistant Secretary of State for,…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
Monroe and Aquinas
George Weigel
GW: In your book you make what struck me as a charming, if bold, intellectual move, describing the Monroe…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
Whatever Happened to V-C Day?
George Weigel
GW: Let’s jump ahead to today. We’ve just marked V-E Day. We’re now arguing about V-J Day, or whether…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
A Presidential Pantheon
George Weigel
GW: Let’s stay with the White House for a moment. How would you rate the twentieth-century American presidents in…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
Bush, Revisited
George Weigel
GW: Let’s talk about the Bush presidency. Bush quite rightly insisted on both the reunification of Germany and the…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
Defining "Humanitarian Intervention"
George Weigel
GW: “Humanitarian intervention” is a major post-Cold War buzzword. You discuss it a bit in your book. Do you…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
The Responsibilities of Leadership
George Weigel
GW: Are there going to be circumstances where the initial reaction of the American public is, “We don’t want…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
Endgame in Cuba
George Weigel
GW: Let’s wind up with Cuba. Describe the best endgame and best outcome there, and what the United States…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
Looking Toward 1996
George Weigel
GW: If a presidential candidate, preparing his stump speech, asked you for a brief summary statement against the isolationist…
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Syndicated Column / June 1, 1995
Commentary on the Pope at the U.N.
George Weigel
Pope John Paul II did more than offer a striking tour d’horizon of international life on the threshold of the…
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Syndicated Column / May 10, 1995